HERS: If you had to work outside the horse world what
would you be doing?
HIS: Probably boating, maybe trying to be a yacht captain
or something like that.
HERS: What is your favorite quote?
HIS: “The harder you work, the luckier you get.”
HERS: Describe yourself in one word? What word might your
friends choose?
HIS: Passionate. My friends would probably describe me
as crazy! No, I think my friends like McLain Ward and the
people that are very close to me would describe me as
good company perhaps.
HERS: Something you feel is true that almost nobody agrees
with you on.
HIS: It’s not one that necessarily that everyone doesn’t
agree on, but it’s one that a lot of people have a hard
time believing. I do believe that with the right intentions
and hard work, almost anything is possible. I do genuinely
believe that, but not everybody does.
HERS: Share an instance where you faced and solved a
difficult problem.
HIS: When I first opened my business, about two years into
it, I went through a really hard financial stage. There were
many days where I thought I couldn’t make it. Like I said
before, with hard work and perseverance and doing the
right thing, we got out of it and built a healthy business.
HERS: Where do you see horse sport headed in this new
decade?
HIS: I think technology is taking a huge step into the horse
industry in many different ways. That will change a little bit
the way that we perceive the sport and the way that we
perceive horse training. I think as far as the sport, it’s just
getting developed into a much more high-tech activity.
Show jumping is a lot more numbers and statistics and performance
more of a performance-based, more competitive activity I
think.
HERS: What has this pandemic experience taught you
about yourself?
HIS: It definitely taught me about being patient. It has
taught me about the value of self-caring and caring for
others. You always care for the people that you know
and that are close to you, but when they tell you that it’s
mandatory to wear a mask, the reason for that is caring
for others. It has also given me some perspective on some
things and the importance of spending time at home and
moving at a little bit slower pace than we were. For the last
decade or so, we were going at such a fast pace.
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