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Raised in Augusta, GA
for eight years, I've always had the passion for horses since the time
I started speaking. Although, due to my age and my parents desire's
for me, I didn't get to sit on a horse's back for the first time and
start learning to work with horses until I was nine years old. My family
moved from Augusta, GA to Ringgold, GA after a long stay in San Miguel
de Allende, Mexico to my grandparent's farm. In Ringgold my grandfather,
Robert G. Peter's, then encouraged my parents and me to pursue in making
my dream of working with horses a reality.
At nine years old I spent about three to four
years at Mahada Farms learning the basics of horsemanship skills and riding
under saddle with Diane Adams. Toward the end of my five years at Mahada
Farms my instructor and family came to the conclusion I was ready to have
my first horse. Then after a year of proving myself with my horse, a Tennessee
Walker, my family purchased another horse for me, Arabian, named Shadow.
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At the age thirteen I
was working with a more advanced instructor and riding more advanced horses
under saddle on a small farm near Collegedale, TN. At this time I started
competing on weekends at local competitions doing jumping, English pleasure,
and western pleasure. Although, my lessons only consisted of English riding
and very little western; I learned jumping, groundwork under saddle, barn
management, western riding, and advanced my horsemanship skills in horses.
After a year in Collegedale, TN I decided I needed more of a solid foundation
in my horsmanship skills and riding, so I joined the Chattanooga Pony
Club.
At the age fifteen I had already sold my Tennessee
Walker and my Arabian, and bought two Warm- blooded horses; a four year
old thoroughbred and a Hanoverian Broodmare that did three day eventing.
I stopped working with local instructor's and started training my thoroughbred
under saddle. I attended Equitana USA going to seminars and training clinics
to increase my knowledge with horses. Throughout time I followed my brother
to his golf tournaments to see him play golf all over the states and I
went to every equestrian center that I could attend to take lessons from
there instructor's, while continuing to work with my horses at home.
In the year 2004, I researched different Olympic
bloodline stallions to breed my thoroughbred mare, Magical Lady, so I
could have more advanced riding horses. By the year 2005, I made my pick
with Out Of Bounds
Farm using, Concerto Grosso, a holsteiner stallion imported to the
United States from Germany. In the year's 2006 and 2007 my mare had two
beautiful colts; Rupert and Conroy's Magic. In 2006 and 2007 we went to
ISR Oldenburg Registry for each of the colts registration. Both year's
my colts were awarded ribbons and the Premium Foal Awards; Rupert came
out with a score of 8.2 in the year 2006, and Conroy's Magic came out
with a score of 8.4 in 2007. Currently, I work Grace View Farms, work
for Hagler & Associates, LLC, and attend Cowboy
Church of Lafayette, GA.
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