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High Hopes Cavaliers
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As a way of introduction, I would like to tell you a bit about myself. I remember growing up with a passion for horses and dogs, brought about from my childhood surroundings in Lexington, Kentucky. I grew up in an entrepreneurial family with an inherent appreciation for animals, nature, wildlife, hunting and fishing. My mother had a gray Poodle named "Peppy" and my brother and I had a mixed Beagle named "Tish." My father was a big game hunter but also loved hunting rabbits, squirrels, doves, quails and all sorts of native game. I vividly recall watching my father and brother carefully choosing a stud dog for their favorite Beagle, "Nancy." Even back in the 60's, he would fly Nancy to that special stud dog which he felt had the qualities he was looking for. Ironically, the airfare probably cost him nearly the same as the stud service, not to mention the money he would get for the puppies. He usually gave some of them to his friends. He was always trying to produce a better hunter for his hobby of rabbit hunting. These early experiences definitely influenced my desire to work with animals from early on. I always wanted a bird, fish or a horse to add to my menagerie.
As far back into my childhood as I can remember, my time and interests were spent primarily around horses. When I was 10, my father who was a building contractor, moved us behind a large horse farm where I could watch girls and boys older than I riding hunter and jumper horses. From the first moment I laid eyes upon the horses jumping over brush jumps and all kinds of various hurdles, I knew that I had to have a horse of my own and that I wanted to spend my whole life involved with animals.
Every day Tish and I would hang around the barn and I would beg the older girls for riding lessons. Finally, one nice teen-ager felt sorry for me and gave me free lessons. For the first time in my life, I got to mount a horse. I had ridden ponies before but this was a beautiful dappled gray gelding named Frosty! What a thrill it was; learning how to post and then to canter. Later my parents bought me an American Saddle bred mare for my 16th birthday and I began to show in pleasure classes. Tragically, I only enjoyed her company for a year as I was severely injured by a friend's retired Thoroughbred racehorse. I dislocated my hip and was unable to ride anymore. My father sold my horse and we moved to Richmond, Kentucky my senior year. At only 17, I got married to a 20-year-old sailor, David. Two years later we starting raising a family. We had two sons, four years apart. In 1976, my husband felt God had called him to enter the ministry and we began pastoring a church.
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- High Hopes Cavalier King Char
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- Eustis Florida
- United States 32726
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- +1.3523577305
