Eileen has been training horses and competing for over thirty-five years in thirteen different events, from dressage and jumping, to working cowhorse and reining. Growing up around Pimlico there were plenty of thoroughbreds fresh off the track in dire need of an education. Although the experience involved more ER visits than she cares count, these magnificent creatures were among her greatest instructors. Since that was fox-hunting country, she would buy them at auction, rehabilitate them, teach them how to jump and sell them to pay her college expenses. But the more time she spent with the horses that had been pushed past their breaking point, both mentally and physically, she began to see the world through their eyes. Only then did she start to see their true potential, and her approach changed. She stopped ‘making’ them do what she wanted and started to ‘show’ them a better way, and help them become the athlete they were meant to be. Once she understood, Eileen’s efforts were no longer about tuition fees, but giving a horse a chance for a better quality of life, and sometimes even saving their life.