Kami grew up on a ranch in central Texas and started riding horses before she can remember. At age 5 she started showing in western pleasure at AQHA shows and local riding clubs. However, once introduced to barrel racing at age 6, all she wanted to do was “go fast” and that was the end of her short-lived western pleasure career. She was fortunate to have parents that hauled her and her sister all over Texas to compete in rodeos, which formed her love of competing and making friends through riding horses. Upon graduating from Texas A&M she sold her horse to focus on a career, but horses have a way of never leaving your soul.
So, 15 years later she began taking English lessons and learning to jump. She soon discovered the wonderful world of eventing and it appealed to her childhood desire to “go fast”; thus, an eventer was born. Her eventing partner is Revi, an Appendix Quarter Horse. Much like herself, Revi is a ranch horse turned event horse and he also loves to “go fast”. To pay for her horse addiction, Kami works in healthcare administration for Methodist Healthcare System and is a professorial lecturer for The George Washington University in the Milken Institute School of Public Heath.
Erin started riding at the age of 8 and fell in love with eventing on her Spanish Mustang pony, Houdini, at the age of 10. She competed through her teens and early twenties on Houdini and her OTTB mare, Maria. Erin works as a veterinary technician and does equine massage therapy, and is currently bringing along another OTTB, River.
Rebecca has had a love for horses since before she can remember. At age ten, while stationed overseas, she finally had the opportunity to take riding lessons. In the Portuguese school of thought, riders begin by learning vaulting. She could somesault off of a horse and mount a cantering horse before she was allowed to hold the reins. Her first horse was an Andalusian mare that she rode bare back everywhere. Upon returning to the States, Rebecca bought an OTTB which she competed in Jumpers through high school. In 2016 she had the opportunity to lease an eventing horse, fell in love with eventing, and has never looked back. She got her current partner, Lakota Brave, an Irish Sporthorse, in 2021 and they are currently competing Beginner Novice. Rebecca is a CPA and works as a Controller managing the finance team for a medical device manufacturer.
Michelle started riding at the age of 9. After her 3rd grade teacher read The Black Stallion, she begged her parents for a horse, so they enrolled her in riding lessons (her mom hoped horses were a phase she would grow out of, much to her dismay she is still waiting). She competed in AQHA in as many events as she could, ranging from showmanship to western pleasure to hunter under saddle. After a hiatus from horses while in pharmacy school, she started lessons again, and decided to try dressage and jumping, which eventually lead her to find her passion in eventing. Her eventing parter is Izzy, an OTTB. Michelle works at Methodist Children’s Hospital as a clinical pharmacist in the Pediatric Oncology/Hematology/Bone Marrow Transplant Unit.
Robin is an eventing mom of many years, now travelling to events with Erin for the 'fun' of it and as an extra set of hands. Recently retired after a career in IT, she now enjoys reading, sewing and binging Netflix. Sometimes all three at once. She lives in Fair Oaks Ranch with her husband, Curtis, one dog and two cats.
Irene is an avid adult amateur rider and placed ninth in Novice at the 2015 American Eventing Championships on her then 23-year old horse, Ace. She is now riding Ace's "successor", Paco, a 21 year-old QH pony that has helped her regain her confidence and love of eventing. She is currently competing at the Starter level and excited about moving up in the future. When not at the barn, Irene helps organize shows for Crossgate Equestrian Center, Pine Hill, and Liberty Hill. She also serves on the USEA Volunteer Committee and has produced volunteer instructional videos for the USEA.
Kenedy started riding in the 6th grade when she became best friends with a classmate who did eventing. After a few months of watching from the sidelines, she started taking lessons and spent most of middle and high school at Area V events borrowing her best friend's pony, Razzmatazz. During college Kenedy catch rode horses, enjoying the opportunity to ride a wide variety of horses. In 2020 she purchased her very first eventing partner of her own, Jelly, a grade grey mare. Kenedy works in Research Administration, and enjoys photography and cooking in her spare time.