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She has a gentle optimistic approach to life, combined with the furiousness of a true competitor. Born and raised in Sacramento, California, the family moved to Rancho Murieta, California two years ago. Haley’s mother, Debbie, is a horse trainer with a thriv-
ing business in the Rancho Murieta area. From the time Hayley was three years old, she was on the back of a horse and competing. Right off the bat it was the Lead Line classes where Hayley’s love for the blue ribbon thrived. “I loved getting the blue ribbons and prizes,” says Haley. “Every time there was a class I begged to ride in it and mom always made that happen for me.” “BUT,” she says with her famous giggle. “When I was
aley Stone is one of those young ladies who always has a ready smile, no matter what the circumstances are or who she is smiling at.
five years old it came time for me to move along and do the Walk-Trot classes. Reality came into play and I didn’t like it. I was fourth place in that first class and when I came out of the ring I wanted to know where my blue ribbon and prize was. My mom looked at me and said, ‘Honey, you don’t get those for fourth place,’ and she smiled!” “I simply told her that if I was not going to get MY prizes…
..then I quit!! And I did for four years. I took up gymnastics, t-ball and soccer instead. I showed them!” and she falls into gales of laughter over it. “When I turned nine, I told mom to get me a pony and
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I would ride again. She told me quite bluntly that I would have to prove to her I was dedicated to riding before she would do that. It was that situation that changed the way I looked at horses and life with them. I fell in love with everything to do with horses, the work, the barn, the ani- mals and of course riding.” “My family consists of my mother, Deborah Lynn
Stone and Wendy Carter, my sister, Chelsie Stone, and my grandmother, Linda Stone. My mom was my first trainer,” Haley continues, “and about a year after I started back, she decided that it would be good for me to have a different perspective, so she asked Paul Bennett to train me at the horse shows. I rode with Paul till I was 14 years old when my moms’ good friend Rudy Leone asked if I would like to be a working student at Thermal for the whole circuit with Jill Humphrey and his barn. I jumped at the chance. It was a whole new, yet very exciting experi- ence to be at a horse show for eight weeks straight.” Always looking for any opportunity, Haley was ecstatic
when Wendy Carter and Missy asked her to catch ride a few of Claudia Kelley’s horses at Pebble Beach. From
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there Hope and Ned Glynn tossed her on a few and then another opportunity to go to Thermal for the circuit pre- sented itself, this time with Wendy and Missy. “Having her catch ride a few of the Kelley’s horses,”
observes Wendy Carter, “gave us a chance to watch her work ethic and attitude first hand. It also gave us a chance to help an energetic young one learn the sport from the ground up. We were so impressed we realized that we could continue creating a nice training environment
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