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My name is Ainslee Myers and I am a 15-year-old girl who started out as a hunter. When I was 12 I decided the hunters weren’t for me and moved to an eventing barn with my quarter horse Cole, whom I got when I was 11 as a Christmas gift. My parents told me repeatedly that they wouldn’t get me him because he had melanoma — it broke my heart. On December 10th (yes, I still remember the date:) they surprised me with my “best friend”!

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When I started with Cole as a hunter he was 15 and, man, I hated him because he would constantly get into a frame during my flat classes. I cried and cried again and finally I decided that we both wanted to be eventers! (Before Cole came to my hunter barn he was evented up to Novice by a trainer near me.) So I moved to an eventing barn at the beginning November of 2014 and competed in my first rated event at Beginner Novice at the end of November 2014. Granted Cole and I came in 8th place because we were WAYYY too slow, but Cole and I continued to compete and get 4th and 5ths.

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I knew that because he was a quarter horse that I would never be able to really compete against the warmbloods in dressage, but Cole can do one heck of a cross country course. At at one show Cole and I got a 32 in dressage — a real triumph for the hunter queen and her short-strided steed — and we ended up winning that show!! Also we placed 2nd at Richland Horse Trials in 2016 at Novice!!

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Today Cole is 18 years old and has so much spunk, he bucks to do flying changes and has the best attitude if ever seen in a horse. I’ve outgrown him but now my mom has taken on the challenge of riding him!