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My Photo Resume
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My Photo Resume
My Poor Parents (they created a horse(wo)man)
     My earliest memories of my horseyness go back to the Pittsburgh Zoo. I always got a pony ride at the zoo. I'm afraid those pony rides have evolved into my Life's Passion. We moved to the state of Delware in 1971. We often took rides out in the countryside into Lancaster County, Pa. We even took rides past Winfields (when it was still Winfields) in Chesapeake City, Md. I started taking riding lessons when I was 8. Mom and Dad started looking for horses to "lease" when I was 12. This is an old photo of Sally.....(thanks mom for digging that one up)
     The next horse on the lease list was Champ. I don't have any pictures of him. He was a quick footed quarter horse.
     Then came Dusty. My very first horse. He was my buddy. We grew up with each other. I know as a horseman now that you generally don't like to mix green help with green horses but...that's exactly what we were. We were great at it. He was a 2 yr old. I was 13. We had a certain harmony. Notice that we are in halter and shank.
Notice the red footie. I was riding with a broken foot
      In 1978 my dad was transfered to Chicago. Dusty and I parted our ways. I still cherish his memories. I buckled down to high school in Indiana. Three years later we moved to Michigan where I completed High School. In 1984 our family once again relocated into Delaware. I drove my car following my parents across country in April. I remember making 3 decisions as we made the 17 hour drive. 1) I was going to get rid of all the prejudice that I had acquired. I believe that all individuals deserve a chance on their own merits. I hadn't encountered such prejudice until moving to the midwest. 2) I was going to find some old friends and stay in touch with old ones. (this is the trouble with moving about every 3 years) 3) I was going to get back with horses. The time we spent in the midwest was a very hard time for me. I had very little time with horses.
     I tried to attend college. I went a semester at Del Tech with straight As. I was working for E.F. Hutton doing employee benefit funds. I hated it. I liked the computer work but the high heels, nylons and snotty politics got on my nerves. I saw an ad in the News Journal. It was for racehorse grooms at Delaware Park. Thus began the journey.
The E.E. Weymouth Years
     It's unfortunate in that I no longer have the win photos from this time period. They got wet in a box in a basement some years ago. Most of the horseman who know Gene call him "crazy gene". I've heard the tales and seen the tales in the making. I spent 2 years in his barn at Delaware. I rubbed such horses as G-Fling, British Pete, General Topsy, Lucy's Lumberjack, Mrs MoneyPenny. I learned about everything I needed to know to move, muck, cool out, groom and generally look after a barn of 20 horses. Gene may have his rich man quirks, but he's a good leg man. He taught me that you can rub a horses leg in spit. It's the way and the time spent rubbing the leg that matters. It's also the knowing of what the legs are like on a day to day basis.
To continue this journey follow the links to my sectionized career. My next 5 1/2 years was spent with standardbreds. I worked for Joe Holloway. I returned to thoroughbreds in 1991. Working for Mike Moran, I "came home" from New Jersey. In 1996 I began managing farms.

 

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