Horsing around! Kaley Cuoco enjoys some equestrian fun as she saddles up in snug-fitting jodhpurs and riding boots
By Shyam Dodge
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She's an avid equestrian, often competing in horse-jumping events.
And Kaley Cuoco took some time away from her day job as a successful television actress to indulge in her other abiding passion on Saturday in Simi Valley, California.
The 28-year-old was spotted getting in some vigorous exercise as she straddled her steed while wearing a pair of form fitting jodhpurs and riding boots.
The equestrian: Kaley Cuoco enjoyed a day of horseback riding in SImi Valley, California, on Saturday
The star sported some horn rimmed sunglasses as she took her gorgeous chestnut horse through its paces.
With her jeans traded for jodhpurs she looked markedly different as she trotted around the course like a true pro, her blond locks tucked beneath a black riding hat.
The actress was clearly enjoying some quality time away from her ditzy role as Penny on hit CBS comedy The Big Bang Theory, which returned with a seventh series in September.
Taking the leap: The 28-year-old appeared to engaging in some serious riding
Cuoco is an experienced rider, having taken part in a horse-jumping competition in Santa Barbara just this past October.
And Kaley clearly loves the sport as she returned to the saddle last year after a freak riding accident left her with an ankle injury so serious that doctors initially contemplated amputating her foot.
‘I'm hysterical and the doctor comes in... and says, "OK, gotta go over your options; one (of) them is amputation,’ she told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres in 2010.
Going through the paces: Kaley wore a protective helmet as she urged her stead to go faster
‘All I'm thinking is, "I'm gonna have to call work and tell them I only have one foot,"' she said.
'He really was telling me that they were thinking there was infection... (I thought) my foot was gonna be gone...
‘They had to tell me because I was going into emergency surgery that I might be coming out with one foot.'
Keeping a lookout: The Big Bang Theory star was on high alert during her ride
Kaley recently surprised fans by
getting engaged to tennis player Ryan Sweeting in September – just three
months after they started dating.
Her
romance with the sportsman closely followed a brief, two-week fling
with Man Of Steel hunk Henry Cavil, with whom she was frequently spotted
strolling the streets of Los Angeles hand in hand.
Kaley
and Ryan are set to wed on New Year's Eve.
Peck and go: Kaley appeared to share a smooch with fiance Ryan Sweeting through her car window
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Emily, Ipswich, United States, 7 hours ago
"... as she straddled her steed." It's like reading a regency romance! Anyway, to those people who say she looks like she's getting beginner's lessons - surely she wouldn't be learning the basics on such a fine horse? I would imagine it's difficult to judge someone's riding style on four pictures.