Rick Koop

Rick Koop is the husband of Esther and father of Miranda Koop.

History
Rick and Esther sent their daughter Miranda to the same bording school Katy gos to. Miranda comes home for the summer like Katy.

later Rob, Howard and Katy drive to give one of their quarter horses to the Koop family. Rick tells rob that Esther went out shoping with their interior decorater and then jokingly says that it would just be easer to to just adopt that lady. While thair Howard gives the horse to Maranda. She comments on the bandana that she gave to Katy to give to to him, Katy then leaves to give the tow of them some privasy while they flirt. Maranda asks if howard told his parents that he wants to take the scoolershipe and he tells her that he is waiting for the right time, she than says when is their ever going to be a right time and asks why he dous not tell them the truth. Howard says it's easier said then done but she mocks him by clucking like a chicken at him and he then throws a rag at her. He confides in her that he feels like his feet are running but he is not moveing, She then tells him that she thinks that everybody writes a story in their heads that evantuly becomes their life and that if you don't write it your self then somebody else writes it for them. He then says that it won't happen in his story, she then asks him if she is in her story. He leans in to kiss her but a worker comes in and they stope for a brife time and once he leves the resume kissing.

While at the rodeo he Esther, Rob and Nell find out that Howard and Katy have enterd the wild horse raceing compititon and she wonders whare Miranda is. Hours after Katy and Flicka ride into the mountains Miranda recincilas with her parents and Howard recincilas with his and begins searching for Katy as a fierce thunderstorm moves in.