This weekend I was part of clinic by the well-known and respected Julie Winkel. (Thank you honey!) She is a high level judge and well known for riding. It was a priviledge to learn from her expertise in the hunter/jumper world.Let me tell you, she is grace under pressure. You would never have known only a few short weeks ago, she lost her home, a barn and a grand prix field to the recent fires in Reno, NV. Luckily the rest of Maplewood Stables, which include 8 live-in interns (one is Lauren DiTallo-my trainer's daughter)and 80 horses are okay given the 80 MPH winds that day. Her decades of awards and memorabilla are gone and only her riding boots made it out of the home. And so, much like the cliche, she pulled herself up by those boot straps and spent time with us in Illinois. And now, she is off to judge in Wellington, Florida.
1)Julie Winkel
2)Part of Maplewood Stables after the forest fires.
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