We all know that age and looks can be deceiving.

Las Vegan Whitney Richardson, 19, an amateur horse trail rider, found that out two years ago when she took a 17-year-old gelding named Ember (aka Idjett) out of retirement and just a month later, won the Half-Arabian Trail, Amateur Owner to Ride class at the Whittier Host Lions Club Arabian Horse Show in Pomona, Calif.