About

Hi! I'm Grace from North New Jersey. 

Before getting into horses, art was my passion and primary hobby. I'm a 100% self-taught artist and costume builder and have worked with clients around the world bringing their ideas to life. I enjoy exploring different mediums. Combining my two passions together, I recently started customizing Breyer model horses in February 2022 and take on a limited number of equine portrait commissions and projects each year. 

I've loved horses all my life and was finally able to begin my riding education in October 2013 as an adult beginner taking lessons at a local barn near home. I was an insatiable student during and outside of my lessons. Very quickly the 30 minutes of ride time once a week was just not enough. I began leasing in February 2014 where I quickly discovered that I was an avid trail rider with a need to go faster and further. The idea of spending hours in the saddle on the open trail sounded like heaven on earth.

On August 22, 2014 I found a half-Arabian bay mare from a NJ feedlot auction and became a first-time horse owner. I began this blog as a place to share my adventure in first-time horse ownership as well as stories on the trail as I explore the sport of distance riding.

As a child, I was envious of birds who were able to take flight and go anywhere whenever they wanted. To me that was freedom, to me that was living. Learning how to ride gave me the ability to experience the world on borrowed wings from the back of a horse. When I ride, I feel limitless, free, and most of all grateful that I have the privilege to connect & interact with horses. No matter what was going on that day in my life, when I am with my horse, it is a reminder to live in the moment and make the best of every moment. 

Thanks for reading along!


3 comments:

  1. Just discovered your blog. Good luck on your journey!

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  2. i'll be checking in on your blog pretty regularly! :)

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    1. hi grace! i nominated you for a liebster award, which is really just like a blog hop. hope you can participate :)
      http://tuxedomeatloaf.blogspot.ca/2015/08/blog-hop-liebster-award.html

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