Slideshow: Pink chaps and preteens at 4-H horse show

Horse show
Outside the horse barn, one competitor struggles with her chaps in the 95-degree heat.
MPR Photo / Nikki Tundel

Preteens in pink chaps and gem-encrusted shirts rounded the ring at the Washington County Fair's 4-H horse show this week. The county competition is one of dozens leading up to the Minnesota State Fair. Reporter Nikki Tundel caught some of the pint-sized equestrians in action.

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