A Lakeville South High School senior did the unthinkable last month when she took her horses to a world riding competition in Kentucky.

"You and your horse have that connection and once it clicks, it's just an indescribable bond," Chloe Meche said.

That bond is on display every time Meche, 17, drives her horse Murphy at Westwood Farm in Plato, Minnesota. She has a gift to be able to communicate with her horse without speaking the same language.

"The horses will always be there for you. They don't judge you," Meche said.

She has the same bond with her saddle horse, Zara.

Meche took the two horses all the way down to Louisville, Kentucky, where she proved their special bonds in front of the judges at the World's Championship Horse Show.

"They see that stage, they see the arena open up

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