Walking On Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2016 | Page 9

Many years went by, I married and lived in different towns and states but was
fortunate to  find and ride a horse for a person or two. I even was asked to show,
occasionally. I became frustrated at the padded horse world and quit showing
completely for about 15-20 yrs.  I returned to showing when the very first plantation flat shod horse division was developing.
Fast forward to 2015 and I now have my first professionally trained horse that
lives half the year (show season) in Tennessee and the rest of the year at my farm
with my other horses, many of which are rescues. Some of the other horses living
with me are those that I’ve raised and used to show. I own eleven horses now, two
which are in training. My newest horse chose me last June when I went horse
shopping in Tennessee. He has been such a blessing and won an amateur class
with me at the International in 2015 (only my second blue ribbon at any International Show).
I still work full time as an RN to help feed my horse habit and passion. I was
delighted to discover the Walking Horse Owners’ Association years ago because
it had great, friendly people associated with it. These people seemed to love horses as much as I do and many of them were owner-amateur trainers as I was. Year
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