How Gigi Hadid’s Daughter Khai is Stepping into Her Shoes—Literally

Gigi Hadid sure can stirrup the family nostalgia.

The supermodel shared a photo of her and Zayn Malik‘s daughter Khai, 5, riding a horse while wearing a pair of hand-me-downs from her mom. Gigi—a longtime equestrian who resides in rural Pennsylvania—captioned the pic, posted on her Instagram Stories Sept. 23: “Riding in my old boots.”

Indeed, riding horses has become a significant pastime for the mother-daughter duo.

“The priority for me is giving Khai my time when I’m with her, and then when I’m not with her, that’s when I work,” she told friend Kendall Jenner in an on-camera conversation filmed for Vogue and posted Sept. 3. “With riding, I do it when I’m with her, and then when I’m not with her, I’m usually not at the farm.”

While Gigi has kept much of her life with Khai out of the public eye, she’s made rare exceptions recently while marking her daughter’s fifth birthday.

“Celebrating you is the Best Day Ever,” the 30-year-old wrote in a Sept. 22 Instagram post, alongside photos from Khai’s party, “every year.”

Gigi continued, “Happy 5th Birthday to the light of my life! You are truly everything so lucky & proud to be your mama!!!!!!! (p.s. 5 HOW ?!?)”

After sharing the celebratory photos, Khai’s mama responded to speculation about whether Zayn attended the party. As Gigi—whose six-year on-again, off-again romance with the One Direction alum ended in 2021—noted, “She was with us both on her birthday.”

Earlier this year, Gigi—who is currently dating Bradley Cooper—gave rare insight into her and Zayn’s co-parenting schedule and shared where they stand today.

“Zayn and I do our custody schedules months in advance,” Gigi said in an interview with Vogue published in March. “That doesn’t mean that it doesn’t change here and there, but we help each other out and have each other’s backs.”

Read on for more on Gigi, Zayn and Khai’s cutest moments…