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The ReiningWorld Loses a Friend:


loved that horse.” Kathryn had a passion for


Reining, which she shared with her whole family. She drove two hours each way to have lessons at the Boyle Ranch twice per week. She loved to travel with Jake to horse shows and stay in their horse trailer with living quarters so she could take her beloved parrots with her. She loved her birds so much that she cooked their food by hand every day. She strongly believed in the National Audubon Society and various protection agencies. While she doted on her animals,


Kathryn loved spending time with friends and family and was friendly to anyone she met. “She had a way of making you feel like you were the only person who mattered,” Gail recalls. “Whenever you talked to her, you had her attention 100%. She truly cared about people; she cared deeply about anyone she talked to, and she was very genuine.” Gail met Kathryn a few years ago


Kathryn Cagle


by JenniferWalker Some people knew Kathryn Cagle


as the owner of the World Champion Reining stallion Custom Slider. Some knew her as an NRHA competitor, run- ning down the fence aboard her geld- ing, Rollin Back Rawhide. Still others knew her as a talented interior designer or loving mother, wife, or friend. However they knew her, those who did will surely miss her. Kathryn Cagle passed away peacefully on December 24th, 2010, surrounded by friends and family. She is survived by her husband, Jake Cagle, her son, Timothy Anhorn and family, Stefanie, grandchildren Jake and Katelyn, and her daughter, Kristen Zuraek, husband, Zamir, and granddaughters Charlize, Rachel, and Gabriella. Although she left this world too soon, she made up for it by living life to the absolute fullest.


“She just did everything in abun-


dance,” says Barbi Boyle of Boyle Ranch. “She lived life in abundance.


She did everything 150%. She had a yearly Halloween party and went all out every year. She loved parties and gatherings with family and friends. Kathryn was one of those people you assumed would live to be 150. She was always the life of the party, very posi- tive. I never thought she could be taken at such a young age.” Kathryn and her husband Jake


bought Custom Slider through Boyle Ranch about five years ago and he still stands at stud there today. In addition to her horses, Kathryn had a passion for music and sang Alto in theWest Valley Masterworks Chorale for many years. Kathryn’s good friend Gail Bates adds, “I’ll always treasure how enthusiastic she was about life. Although she wor- ried about her family and how things would turn out, she was always so pos- itive. One of my favorite things every year was doing her baby photos with her. She was so proud of the Slider babies. She loved going out and taking pictures of them—she just glowed. She


when Kathryn hired her to do some advertising work for Custom Slider. “I started doing that, and we hit it off and have been close friends ever since. When neither of us could sleep, we’d stay up all night solving the world‘s problems through email. We helped each other through family problems or anything else we needed.” That “anything else” included the


illness that took Kathryn’s life. “We had many emails and conversations about it. She handled this whole thing with such grace. I think one of the best memories I have of her is when we threw her a chemo party. She always said she wanted portraits done with Slider—all of the photos had always been just the horse before. When she found out she had cancer and would go through chemo, she decided she would finally get the por- traits done with him like she always planned. I want- ed to make a big deal about it, so I called Barbi Boyle and told her we should make it a party. She jumped on it, and the whole barn was there—probably 60 people. Some people can- celled trips to come. The


weather was horrid, but Kathryn said, ‘Rain or shine, we’re doing this.’We set up studio lights in barn alley, with the rain pouring outside. She was just glowing that day, and she got her por- traits done before she had to start chemo. It was such a fun day, and one of the best things we could have done for her. I swear there wasn’t a dry eye in the place.” Barbi has her own fond memories


of Kathryn. “One word I always think of to describe Kathryn is bling. She loved bling. She put it on phone covers. She put it on hats. She put it anywhere she could. She loved to dress up.” However, with all the bling on the out- side, Kathryn shone just as brightly on the inside. Barbi continues, “She was extremely warm hearted. She lit up a room; you just couldn’t be depressed around her. She was one of those peo- ple you will never hear a bad word about, and that’s rare. I’m going to miss her.”


Perhaps the most poignant exam-


ple of Kathryn’s warm nature is a mem- ory Gail has. “A few days after she died, her husband and daughter showed up on my doorstep with Christmas presents. While she was dying, Kathryn went out and bought presents for every- one, because she didn’t want anyone to be forgotten. I think she was truly one of a kind.” Barbi agrees with that sentiment.


“She’ll be dearly missed by a lot of people.” Custom Slider will continue


standing at Boyle Ranch in Kathryn’s honor. While her presence on this world is no longer here, her spirit will continue on in the lives she touched.


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