As a child her parents said no to a pony so the now-18-year-old took matters into her own hands, saddling up her pet cow instead.
Invercargill teenager Hannah Simpson is a bit of a cowgirl - literally.
As a child her parents said no to a pony so the now-18-year-old took matters into her own hands, saddling up her pet cow instead.
"Her name is Lilac, I've been riding her six and a half years,"Simpson told the Herald.
"I've always loved adventure and stuff like that. I wanted a horse and I couldn't have one."
It was Simpson's younger brother, Tim, who first suggested they give riding Lilac a go when she was six months old, and the young calf took to it well.
Simpson has been working at a dairy farm for the last three months, getting up in the early hours for work only to come home and look after the cows on her family's lifestyle block as well.
"I don't mind though, I love cows," she said.
Simpson hadn't tried to ride any of the cows at work yet and said she probably never would, but had seen a few that she thought might be capable of it.
Hannah and Lilac on an adventure. Photo/ Instagram
