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merged quite well. I learned a lot!”
“The most amazing thing for me has
Opening his own farm, El Capitan, in the Solvang area, the hunter-
been to watch Paul bloom into his
jumper side was handled by Leslie Nelson (then Pinkerton). With lots
glory and share his intense passion and
going on all the time, he had his hands full. Yet, he made himself
excitement for our sport. He is an asset
available to friends he had made in the Grand Prix realm by shooting
to show jumping, and I get to be a part
‘Promo Reels’ for them. Four minutes each, the clips became a vehicle
of it and go along,” she says with her
for riders to present themselves to their potential sponsors. This full
notorious big smile. “We have traveled
circle brought him back to his love of broadcasting.
a road less traveled by most, and it now
“Around 1998 I got some suggestions to do a show about Show
finds us where we are so thankful and
Jumpers. I produced the first, half hour show and pitched it to thirty-one
appreciative. It’s not always been easy,
stations…I got three responses. That’s a lot of rejections for a guy,” he
but Paul’s determined focus and my
says with a loud belly type laugh. “KVMD-TV in Los Angeles picked it
unwavering support of his dream has
up, and as of now, they still have us running in their Time Warner cable.
brought us to a good place. He is driven
LA is the #2 market in the country with 7.5 million viewers and those
by the desire and non-compromising
people see horses jumping four times a week. We are the longest running
goal of seeing this sport go to nightly,
show on show jumping, every week, week in and week out! From there
prime time TV.”
it has branched into exposure all over the world, especially with the
At the end of the day, they both have
explosion of the web. We are putting the jump back into living rooms.”
very different dreams that can merge.
The personal lives of these two are almost a Hollywood movie scenario.
Again, traveling the same road, the two
Sweethearts in college at Cal Poly, they have been married 18 years and
can share that part of their lives also.
say it only gets better. Traveling together, working together and sitting
Paul would love to be an Innkeeper/
on the beach at sunset with each other solidify their commitment and
Owner in the Bahamas on some island
the fun-love they have for each other. “Where we are as a couple is one
not so well traveled; a sort of destination
of those things that beats the odds and makes your heart warm,” says
place for his friends to visit and relax.
Paul. “I would change nothing about my life. I am so blessed and truly
He would have a bunch of McNab cow
fortunate.”
dogs to work sheep and geese for fun.
“To be honest,” chimes in Tammy, “if I had to write a script about a
Tammy would like to hitch up a team of
great way to live, this would be it. It is exactly where I want to be and
draft horses to a cart and drive herself,
so far the ride has been pretty cool. It is interesting how things sort of
Paul, and their friends around the island
unfold and our lives just go along.”
beach at sunset.
Tammy has some surprises of her own. She is a script writer; and is
In the mean time, Paul plans on making
now finishing her second big script, a western about a gun slinger and
his debut back in the show ring next year
his adventures. It is her personal focus, and she loves it as her escape into
on a jumper. “It does me good to get in
her imagination.
the ring, and I need to do that! Nothing
is better for the inside of a man as the
outside of a horse, or something like
that by Emerson. I have great friends
who are always inviting me to come ride
and jump and I really want to enjoy the
showing side again now too.”
Advice to others….”NEVER NEVER
give up on your dreams! Everything is
possible for those who choose to believe
it is. BUT those people always take
action!! Action and doing something
about it is what makes the dreams
happen and become real. You can have
it all, but dreams without action stay as
only dreams.”
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