Rhinestones & Ribbons
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Nellie Riley was a promising young horse trainer. She grew up on horseback and was raised with her sister on a few acres in Southern California. When given the chance to work at Hi-Point Performance Horses, a premier training facility, she took it and ran.
Four years later her father died in a tragic collision on his way home from a family friend in Arizona. Her life was turned on it's head when she left her job to manage the barn at home with too confident clients who cling to her father's shadow. Without a mentor, Nellie feels as though she's in over her head, with too much expectation for her experience.
Join Nell on her journey from being a rookie trainer barely scraping the the bottom, to a leader in training paint performance horses.
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