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Amateur event rider with dreams of going professional but a reality of being a marketing executive.

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Consider this the highlight reel to our full cross country video from Fox River Valley HT last weekend

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I think it’s the coolest thing in the world how our sport lets us be friends with people of all different ages. Like you can be talking about one of them and then you have to explain to your friends how they’re maybe five years younger than you, or they’re a 55 year old amateur with kids and a husband but that doesn’t make them that much different than you because you both love the same thing. And to people who aren’t equestrians, maybe that’s weird, but I think it’s so healthy to know and love people other than the ones you see at school and the ones you go out with on Friday night. 

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This guy is my favorite

Emily Beshear & Shame on the Moon Carolina International CIC***

Source: Emily Beshear Facebook

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Oh my lol

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So much sass. Photo by JJ Sillman

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Cristina Yang + favorite quotes

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I miss you Philly 💚💙 #RideForPhilippa

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Losing My World - Ride For Philippa

Losing My World – Ride For Philippa

As a writer, it seems only fitting that I write something to honor Philly. After all, many bloggers who have only met her in passing have written articles that have moved me to tears. The #Memories4Millie hashtag stories have moved me to any more tears. Though I don’t know why I say moved me to tears, because since Saturday I have been in tears constantly. The idea that there would be a time…

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Finding Balance During Chaos

Finding Balance During Chaos

My to-do list is steadily growing shorter and my anxiety is growing as I count down the days until I haul down to Aiken, South Carolina. Senioritis is in full swing during my final semester at Grand Valley State University where I’m pursuing my Bachelor’s of Science in Public Relations and Advertising. Sometimes I wonder if this will be the semester that bumps me down from graduating magna cum…

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Be Selfish

One of the blog’s that has stuck with me ever since I read it was Kristin Carpenter’s blog “Bust Seams” that was published in the Chronicle of the Horse. I met Kristin once when I was a working student. That meeting has stayed with me the rest of my life, though she likely does not remember it. She is a fierce woman with vibrant opinions and a determination for her riding that left me inspired.…

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What Eventing Taught Me About Public Relations

What Eventing Taught Me About Public Relations

I’m a self-proclaimed crazy horse girl. I took three years off to pursue a career in eventing and spent that time training at the Olympic facility with a number of the American and Canadian team riders. Eventing is a tough sport, as they say, no matter how much you love it, it’ll never love you back just as much. While horses have taught me a lot, I thank the sport of eventing and my time as a…

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Picking Yourself Up

Regardless of beginning the year optimistic, every show season and year seems to end on a craptacular note for me. 2014 ended with only the only event I completed without a 20 on my record was a novice level and me giving up many of my riding dreams to move home and finish up my degree. 2013 ended with Donnie’s confidence being shot after a couple sketchy preliminary level runs and some bad…

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Spring Fever: The Good, The Bad, & The Muddy

Spring Fever: The Good, The Bad, & The Muddy

Ah, spring. What a wonderful time of the year. The snow begins to melt, the ground begins to thaw, the insects come back out to play. Your trailer has mold in strange places and it is a great day of your boot doesn’t get pulled off in the mud. The sun still shines past 5pm, you begin to realize you can finally take your ring sour horse outside. You leave the barn with an extra coat, the one your…

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Having It All

Being an adult is tough work. You suddenly have to pay for things, learn to manage your time, and adjust to the harsh realities of the “real world”. College can act as a transition period from junior to adult. Your college years are a time where you learn how to manage your money and time. You learn that there are things you have to sacrifice for the sake of priorities and practicality. As…

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Reflections of a "Lost Year"

Reflections of a “Lost Year”

As horse people, we tend to place an emphasis on making the most out of every ride, day, month, and season. A minor setback where we cannot ride or compete can bring about huge setbacks. The setbacks can be career ending for us or our horses, or they can be minor annoyances to the goals we set for ourselves. Unfortunately, often it seems that we place our future in the hand’s of fate when it…

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Moving Down To Move Up

Moving Down To Move Up

In life, it is safe to say we all focus on taking the biggest steps possible to reach our goals. Going backwards is considered a set back and often counterproductive. What about when you’re forced to go back simply to take a handful of steps side ways? Sounds horrible, right? Well, it may have been one of the best things to happen to my riding.

Typical to the standard of this year, Plan Q did…

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I've been waiting for #failfriday all week 😂😂😂