My Story Part: II

In all aspects, becoming a professional can be a very difficult journey, especially without a financial backing. Ambitious and hardworking riders can have a difficult time working towards becoming a professional.
How do you build a name for yourself if you don’t have a horse to compete on? How do you get experience training and riding horses if you aren’t an experienced amateur? We all know that in this sport, you aren’t born a talented rider. Horseback riding and horse training can take 100’s of hours of experience and not mention a lot of dirt sandwiches, injuries and heartache. Plus, we all know that most of the time spending many hours in the saddle can cost you a lot of money, as most trainers aren’t willing to put beginners or even intermediate riders on their fancy horses, so you usually end up catch riding or riding lame or dull lesson horses for a price. Plus learning on such lesson horses and getting better in these circumstances has a limit, and eventually you won’t be learning anymore, so the question is. How can we do it?
How does someone without the financial and emotional support hit the ranks, compete at a high level and become something? How can we change the dynamic of who becomes successful in this sport? How do we become the Hilda Gurney’s of the world?

Well, I may not have the answer but I’m sure gonna try to help get you there.