Georgia has been an avid “horse girl” since she started riding as a 2-year-old. After many trials and tribulations (read: challenging horses, hard falls, becoming an adult), she has re-found her love of riding with her young draft-cross, Jules!

Starting her journey, Georgia learned to ride in her mother’s lesson program. From ages 11-13ish, her horse experience was informal and centered mostly on silly adventures. With no fear, Georgia took her pony up rivers, down questionable trails, into various show rings, and wherever else she could figure out how to get him. Late middle school, Georgia started riding in an eventing program and fell in love with that discipline. The thrill of a cross country course lit a fire that nothing else quite could, and she knew she’d found her home.

Early high school, Georgia started riding with an accomplished dressage rider who helped her focus up and ride in a way that fundamentally changed the way she approached horses. The idea that everything should be intuitive stuck strongly, and Georgia was determined to learn how to communicate.

Alas, Georgia was still a teenager and prone to teenager judgements. She took on training a mustang that had stumped much older and more accomplished trainers. While it all went well at first, she was ultimately thrown off and landed in the emergency room. Although she came away with just a concussion and bruised hip, the experience shook Georgia’s confidence in a new and terrifying way.

Riding was not the same after that fall. It brought up fear, anxiety, and full on panic.

After a long journey (that perhaps she will tell on an upcoming episode), Georgia has found herself enjoying riding these past couple of years. And yet still, that anxiety creeps in and impacts her. Coupled with an almost-adult brain that understands long term consequences, that means that riding today looks much different than it did in 2014.

Knowing her journey was not the only of its kind, Georgia was determined to connect with other people who shared some of these struggles. Enter, the Horse Girl Gazetteer.

A certified yapper from day one, starting a podcast made perfect sense to Georgia. What better way to connect with people and build community than starting a PODCAST?

Now, a year later, Georgia has gotten to connect with a wide variety of guests and talked about all sorts of topics, from training to farriery to the history of horses. She is looking forward to another year (at least) of exploration and learning!