How I got started
Ever since I got my Second horse, Lacey, back in 2011, I wanted to be a horse trainer. She was very hot and irritable which made her difficult for a 12 year old me to handle, but she taught me patience and to never give up on a horse. After years of just learning how to control her, we ended our showing career in 2017 with one first and 3 top five placings at the county fair. Approaching my high school graduation I had some lesson clients and had started a couple horses at this point. August 2017 I made a move to Kirkland where my boyfriend, Colton, started attending College in Redmond. As a young adult I had got a job as a Riding Instructor for the City of Redmond, where I learned so much about how to structure a lesson and business. In 2019 I resigned from the City of Redmond after moving further north to Monroe and brought in several training horses and added many new lesson clients.
I aim to eventually have my own facility and run a large training program, as well as rescuing equines in need. All of my goals down this path took root from that one special horse. Without Lacey I would not have found my passion for training horses, and would not have been able to start giving lessons off my horses, literally, she was my only lesson horse for a long time!
Never forget where you started, and where you aim to be.
The picture is Lacey and I in 2013. Of course she was the reason for my cast.