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11/19/2024

An autumn Dreamer 🍁🧡🍂

10/28/2024

Just a perfect Monday morning Dreamer 😌💞 this filly has my heart, I tell you what.

Working on a cute little video for her upcoming 6th month half birthday!

10/21/2024

I kept thinking I’d have time to draft a perfect write up that would make you feel like you were at the AERC National Championships with me, yet here we are over two months later and it hasn’t happened. Here’s the story on one of the most exciting rides of my life!!

Dark Sun was on fire all day, it was the fastest I’ve ever raced. We cantered/galloped the entire first 21-mile loop in about an hour and a half. We were in the top three all day, and finished the 50-mile race in second place with a time of four hours and fifty-two minutes.

A mistake on my part going through the second vet hold cost us ten minutes and first place. I was gutted, but left on my third loop hell bent on closing the gap.

It came down to a flat out race for second place. When I threw my hands forward and asked Dark Sun for more he answered by surging forward on a huge stride to clinch second. We finished four minutes off of first place, but no matter what, Dark Sun is a champion in my eyes and there’s no other horse I would have rather been on that day.

I couldn’t have done it without Dark Sun’s breeder and owner Jacob being there. Not only did he drive us all the way to Oregon and back, he crewed, cheered, met us at our vet stops, and kept Dark Sun in tip top shape all day. I was really bummed to not get the win for him and Dark Sun, but such is life. A hard live and learn moment, but one that won’t detract from the amazing experience of racing at National Championships.

I was incredibly sick the entire time with what turned out to be Covid, and was flat out in the trailer and semi-dead every moment I wasn’t on Dark Sun’s back. I was unable to eat and could hardly breathe, but somehow managed to power through on nothing but DayQuil and part of a muffin. I’ve never felt more like an endurance rider 🤣

Nothing I could ever write would capture the sheer power of Dark Sun, the feeling of flying through early morning mist on perfect footing, the excitement of pulling into a vet check and treating it like a pit stop at NASCAR, or that tangible mix of adrenaline and peace that going fast on a good horse brings.

Grateful for this life and these memories ❤️

09/23/2024

Happy Monday!!

Does anyone have a “picture pose” that they can’t stop themselves from doing every time a camera is pointed at them? Swipe to the second photo to see mine 🤣🙈

Almost every photo of me, no matter what I’m doing, I inevitably throw either one or both arms up like I’m on a rollercoaster. No clue why. I love having photos of good memories and adventures but I’m not great at actually being in front of the camera!

Please tell me I’m not alone, does anyone else do this?!

** also Tide, hello 😍 getting fitter and thicker, we love to see it **

09/16/2024

Tide took second place in the Future Champion division at our local gymkhana on Sunday!! This horse continues to amaze me. She’s never been anywhere like this and she’s still pretty green, yet she handled the atmosphere like a pro. She stood around the loud and busy in gate eating grass on the buckle. She was looking at things in the arena as any young horse would, but tried her heart out and actually started to get the hang of things by the last class! She liked the parts when we could go fast 🤣

I sure do love this big spotted wonder, and am thankful every day that she’s in my life 🦄

Endless appreciation to for always finding my best horses and being one of my biggest cheerleaders ❤️

08/05/2024

Good morning and happy Monday from Dreamer!

07/27/2024

Happy Saturday from the best two and a half month old on the planet! Swipe to see Dreamer looking very unimpressed (but still adorable) for her impromptu photo shoot 🤣

Loving every second with this little one ❤️

06/19/2024

Wild West Pioneer 2024 Ride Recap 🐎🏁

This story begins in April when I saw that Jacob Cukjati was considering leasing out his incredibly accomplished homebred gelding, Niwot’s Dark Sun. Following some conversations about goals, we met for a ride to see if Dark Sun and I clicked. As I swung a leg over, I will never forget Jacob telling me that no one beside him had been on Dark Sun before. I knew I was being handed an unmeasurable gift, one that I would protect and treasure. After that ride Jacob gave me the green light to have some fun with his boy this year.

Fast forward to Friday morning and I’m rocketing through the beautiful and twisting trails leading from Skillman Campground through Tahoe National Forest on Dark Sun. I had the pleasure of riding with Leah Rose that day, and was thoroughly impressed by her riding, attitude, and her gritty little mustang mare Luna. We kept a good pace to a top ten finish, the horses felt fantastic, and Leah was first Junior!

On day two Dark Sun felt even stronger as we navigated another 55 miles. Jacob was able to watch his boy in action on the trail, and Dark Sun finished strong in 10th.

Day three had some unforeseen challenges that slowed our pace a bit, but Leah and I still had a blast chatting and riding. We finished somewhere in the top 20 with happy, healthy horses.

The cherry on top of an amazing weekend was learning that Dark Sun and I had the overall fastest time for the 155 mile ride. I want to also give credit to an amazing little rider who I believe was neck and neck with us for that award; Kendall Groth, a junior on the Crater Hill team!

My biggest thank you always goes to the horse; Dark Sun, you are incredible. You shocked me time and again with your strength, speed, and willing attitude. Jacob, my gratitude is endless that you offered me this opportunity. You’ve bred and created a top competitor, and a really fun and enjoyable horse. Jacob also helped crew for me and Leah all weekend, and it was invaluable to have him there. Thank you for being my riding partner Leah, I can’t wait for our next adventure! Thank you ride management, vets, and the entire village that made this ride happen!!

06/11/2024

Please ignore whatever is going on with my hands in the first photo 🫣🤣

I’m so proud of how Tide is coming along, and feeling incredibly lucky to have her in my life! We’ve been going slow, having fun, and trying to build her up correctly. Went for a trail ride recently and she was a SUPERSTAR. Bridges, bikes, hikers, you name it, she didn’t care. Paired with this morning’s short and sweet ride on the flat where I felt some incredible movement and pieces coming together, I am ecstatic!

Loving the journey with this sweet, spotted unicorn ❤️

05/29/2024

I’m having so much fun working on some new things with Sonora!! I’ve ridden this mare through red canyons in Utah, across Nevada and Southern CA deserts, straight into a lightning storm, through the rain, the dark, and in wind gusts over 50mph. She’s got one of the biggest hearts and most pure athleticism that I’ve ever sat on.

So thankful to .equine for sharing the one and only 🍓 with me 🥹

05/12/2024

Does this mean I’m a mom now?! 🤣

Happy Mother’s Day to Peggy, all the broodmares that make our dreams come true, and to all the human and animal moms out there ❤️

05/10/2024

Welcome to the world, baby girl!! I’m honestly a bit sleep deprived and still trying to process that she’s mine. After being part of so many foals lives that I loved with the knowledge they would leave, it doesn’t feel real.

❤️ To my mare, Peggy Slew, you are a gift that keeps giving. I will spend forever trying to be worthy of you, and am thankful every day that you came into my life.
❤️ To baby girl, who still needs a name, I will likely mess up from time to time, but I will always put you first and do right by you. You are perfect, and I’m so excited for our future!
❤️ To little me, who dreamed of this day but never thought it would come true; all of our hard work, tears, and sacrifices have started paying off.

As I was about to go to sleep last night (from the RV we’ve had parked at the barn in front of Peggy’s stall), I decided to check the stall camera one last time. I froze in shock for a few seconds when I saw Peggy down with two front feet and a nose sticking out! I’d been in her stall not even 30 minutes prior, and though we suspected she might be close, we couldn’t believe how quickly it all happened!

The entire birth lasted less than ten minutes, and the filly was immediately strong and alert. She was standing, nursing, and doing everything she needed to do within an hour. I still can’t believe it.

If anyone needs me, I will be obsessing over this filly indefinitely, and hopefully getting more than two hours of sleep at a time in the near future!

05/09/2024

Campbellot Farm’s beautiful firstborn of the year, Tina 💕

This filly has blown us away with her even temperament, loving personality, and her astonishingly correct movement and build.

Gorgeous Latino x Beautiful Jen

05/06/2024

Caught Daulton frolicking in the pasture yesterday, and it looked like something out of a painting! Maybe he was celebrating his upcoming third birthday (May 30th).

This gorgeous boy has grown and filled out TONS these last few months. It’s so fun to watch them grow from adorable foal, through the yearling and two year old gangly stages, into beautiful horses 😍

05/04/2024

One year ago this weekend I was experiencing one of the most epic trips of my life; the Mt. Carmel XP ride in southern Utah! This trip solidified a friendship with two ladies that I now talk to literally every day, and who I hardly knew before the trip. This was the first time I rode Sonora, who has become one of my favorite horses of all time. It’s amazing what happens when you say YES to things ❤️

Going down memory lane with these photos, and wishing we were all there together right now! I think it’s time we invaded a new state with all our awesomeness, and we’ve got some fun plans in the works for later this year 😝

05/02/2024

Campbellot Farm’s second born of the year, Utah, in some rare moments when he’s not in your pocket and we were able to get photos of how beautifully he’s filling out!

Utopie “Combina” x Zegna (Lintas/Rantares)

This colt is something special, with an incredibly bold and friendly personality ❤️

09/02/2023

I’m a few days late to post, but here’s some moments of Fiji’s adventure to Folsom Lake this week!!

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A talkative little bean sprout with a tantrum at the end 🤣🙈 Dreamer and I take little daily walks to explore the farm, and we’re starting to go farther and farther. She is always so perfect, I can’t help but giggle when she actually acts her age! #daretodream #dreamer #hanoverian #warmblood #filly #babygirl #dailywalk #babyfit #tinytantrum #sierranevadasporthorses

Nothing beats racing your shadow through the desert 🐎🏜️ #endurance #enduranceracing #enduranceriding #nevada #desert #desertracing #gofast #getoutside #sierranevadasporthorses

Currently stuck behind my desk working, but mentally always on a horse somewhere 🤣💁🏼‍♀️ Cute picture at the end of what was waiting for me back at the trailer after this ride with Tide 🥰 My husband has been tagging along lately! He is recovering from spine surgery so these are nice outings for him. We’ve been talking for years about getting him a horse, and I think once he’s healed up it might finally happen! #timeandtide #tide #mustang #appaloosa #trailride #endurance #happyplace

Last weekend’s 50 mile ride at Red Rock Rumble in one minute! #endurance #enduranceracing #nevada #getoutside #happyplace #betweentheears

For those that might not know, I work a desk job (boooo). I used to ride and train full time, but finished my degree late in life and now work in Land and Environmental Management! Definitely not as fun as riding all the time. Luckily I still get out for plenty of adventures, and have these fun videos to look at when I’m stuck inside 😆 #timeandtide #tide #mustang #appaloosa #endurance #traillife #lovemyhorse #sierranevadasporthorses

Favorite place, favorite sounds 😌 yesterday afternoon’s adventure with Tide! #timeandtide #tide #mustang #appaloosa #endurance #happyplace #betweentheears #puttinginwork #lovingthejourney #sierranevadasporthorses

The last week’s worth of adventures with Tide!! I’m so impressed and happy with how this girl is coming along. I’ve been going slow, really tuning into what makes her happy, and starting the work of putting a good fitness base on her for endurance. There is so much that goes into being a successful endurance horse: traveling well, eating and drinking, navigating all types of terrain, being calm and collected in the face of literally ANYTHING (you never know what you’ll encounter out there), the list goes on. That is all before you even think of adding speed to race. There’s no shortcut; you have to put in the time, work, and countless hours. Luckily, Tide is making it all so fun, I’m thoroughly enjoying the journey with her ❤️🌊 #endurance #timeandtide #tide #mustang #blmmustang #appaloosa #endurancetraining #progress #puttinginwork #onthetrail #traillife #betweentheears #happyplace #sierranevadasporthorses

Strawberry Fields Forever XP Pioneer 2024 Ride Recap 🍓🏁 WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!! I was fortunate to partner again with Jacob Cukjati’s Dark Sun, and am convinced that this horse is a living legend. My endurance little sis, Leah Rose and I spent nearly the last week in northeastern Utah above Strawberry Reservoir in the Uintah Mountains. Dark Sun and I tackled all three days (50, 55, and 50 miles), finishing in the top ten each day and attaining the overall best time. This is our second overall fastest time at a three day Pioneer ride this month, and I’m in complete awe of Dark Sun. Strawberry was some of the toughest riding I’ve ever done, and each morning Dark Sun told me he was ready for more. I am acutely aware that I am reaping the benefits of all the years Jacob put into this horse, and I don’t take a moment for granted. We rode past moose and elk, snow drifts on a mountaintop at 10,000 feet elevation, dropped off what felt like cliffs, meandered through dense aspen groves, and raced across deeply carved alpine meadows adorned with thick grass, wildflowers, and abundant streams. We picked our way through sagebrush and ground squirrel burrows, bushwhacked through forests, waded across bogs, and jumped countless downed trees. A simple soft cluck and Dark Sun would burst into action, a feeling I will never forget. Thank you Jacob for encouraging me to experience this with Dark Sun, he is a once in a lifetime horse. Thank you Leah for being the best road trip and trail buddy, master DJ, fellow sour gummy eater, supporter and friend. I have to brag on my girl that she top 10’d both 50’s she rode in over the weekend, and I really think Leah and her mustang mare Luna are a pair to watch! Thank you Dave and Annie for putting on these life-changing rides! The locations are always stunning, and ride meeting each night feels like story time with friends. These rides are hard but worth it; you truly feel like you’ve accomplished something by the en