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Horses are wonderful people. I have been riding horses since I was 6 years old and got my first horse when I was 10. I did barrel racing until I was about 19. Then came college and working and no time for horses. I knew one day I would have a horse again. But I never dreamed it would be a horse like Harley, or that I'd find such a gifted trainer, or learn just how much I didn't know. Funny how life works out. I just knew I needed to get another horse before I was too old to get into the saddle.


This is the story of Harley.


Chapter One - Finding Harley

This is the story of Harley, a Hanoverian/Thoroughbred cross gelding. I bought Harley in May of 2009, when he was 9. This is what he looked like when I first got him. He was advertised as a hunter who could jump up to 2'9".


When he arrived at the barn on May 11, 2009 he was underweight, had very little muscle mass at all, and a truckload of issues from neglect and mistreatment in his past, which, by the way, I would not learn about until almost a year later.

But all of that was about to change....
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