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I'd have o say that my biggest role Model for horses would have to be a family friend, Al. He used to ride horses when he was younger and he has given me the best advice for horse related things ever. If I've been looking for a horse i run everything by him and he'll tell me what my options are... and he isn't always so soft about things. Which is good because it's better to know the blunt, more realistic truth than it is to hear a lie that could cause some serious damage in the future.

Also alongside Al i'd have to say my biggest Horse role model is my first horse, Johnny. He taught me a lot of things i might not have ever learned if we hadn't bought him.

My family, my horse, a retied dressage judge that I do regular clinics with, and a few top riders (Pippa Funnell, Lee Pearson...).

My family helps me so much, gives advice & tips from another prospective, and are very encouraging. My horse is what keeps me riding even when I sometimes feel like quitting. My "trainer(s)" are an inspiration and give great feedback.

Without them, I wouldn't be where I am today- I most likely wouldn't even be riding.

I have a few..

One is a family friend/old trainer's ex-husband, Cody.

He was always really hard on me about everything and I think it made me a much better person and taught me to be more alert and also tougher. To not cry and whine about everything, per say.

Even though he was hard on me, when I did something right, he seemed to be the most proud of me.

He also believed in me. When I was 12, he let me help him break a horse. I was actually the first person to get on a filly and ride her around. It was nice to know that there was someone who took me seriously as a horse person even though I'm young.

Now when someone yells at me for something, I either take it as a tip and then do better, or I shake it off and it doesn't phase me. I've learned to tell the difference of when someone is yelling at me to help or yelling at me to *****. Also, thanks to him.

He really turned my personality around. I'm not the shy little girl I used to be!

Oh yea, and for a horse, I'd say it's my mare, Honey. She took me from little Youth Rodeo girl, to a 2 time NBHA Youth World finals qualifier and 2008 Bull Ride Mania Iron Maiden. She took me everywhere from Youth Rodeos, NBHA's, Bull Ride Mania's, super shows, Congress, like everywhere I could go with her, we went. She's the mare in the question I asked earlier :/

My dad was my everything. He knew horses and taught me most of what I know. Not just horses but life. He showed me how to relate to horses and how what I learned about horses could be used in other things. He is gone now so I have to rely on my brother. He is good with horses and has no fear of any horse. He can take a mean horse in turn him into a lamb.

Stacy Westfall

she's awsome!

Sitting Bull and his dancing circus horse.