At 51, I Had a Stroke in My Own Barn and Woke Up Unable to Lift My Left Arm. My Doctor Said I’d Never Ride Again. Nine Months Later, I Entered the Biggest Ranch Horse Show in Texas
I’ve trained cutting horses and ranch horses in Weatherford, Texas, for thirty years. One morning in January, I was saddling a colt when the left side of my body stopped listening. A stroke. My insurance company limited my physical therapy to twenty sessions. My doctor said riding was out of the question. My horse didn’t agree.
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