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is extremely surprising, varied and inter- esting! First off, she not only has about a zillion interests, she is amazingly good at all of them. Of course the expected topic to start explaining this lady would to be to go into her love of horses, but that would be way too normal and anyone who really knows Amanda understands she is any- thing but the norm. Her passion and unique natural approach
to cooking is the first surprise. Not neces- sarily an indoor girl, she can get lost in the kitchen for hours, just the same as she can over a cooking camp fire while she stirs and taste and adds in another secret spice. “I truly love to make people happy and the way that is most fun for me is to cook for them,” says Amanda with a most serious look on their face. “It is such a gift to cook for someone and watch their face as they savor something I have made, it’s very per- sonal when you love it as I do.” “I went to culinary school to become a
hen you ask Amanda Tallman what really interests her, hang on to your hats as the answer
chef and now, in my spare time, I have a catering business,” she explains almost laughing as she hears herself talk about spare time! “I may be in the middle of riding or showing and all of a sudden a thought will pop into my head about a new taste, spice or way of preparing some new dish. I can hardly wait to get back to the kitchen to try it, it’s always something new!!” Ask anyone who has tasted ANYTHING she has prepared and the beaming smile is enough of an en- dorsement. The ShowBiz favorite, up and beyond anything ever tasted anywhere, is the red and green pepper soup, thick and rich with a unique robust flavor!!! She loves demolition derbies, the real smash ‘em –crash ‘em
horses but that just primes the pump for me. The spills and chills of those derbies is just so much fun and it gets my blood pumping! I guess it’s the thrill of being chased and outrunning the danger, don’t really know but its sure fun!” Makes the dirt bikes and snow boards she rides on the weekends seem tame. Born and raised in Pasadena, Amanda’s illustrious riding ca-
ones. “I must be a dare devil way down deep somewhere,” she says as she cracks up laughing. “Most people would get their full fill of risks and dangers riding these high powered jumping
reer was amazing in its own right. As a junior she won the WCE and CPHA Medal Finals in 1997, rode on the Zone 10 Young Rider Team, CLEARED 6’6” in the famous GTE Huntington Beach Horse Shows High Jump competition competing with the Professionals to see who could jump higher. When she was fifteen years old she spent three months working and showing with George Morris. “My mother and father were my biggest fans,” she says in
a respectful tone. “Growing up they always gave me love and support but with a driving edge to perform at my best always no matter what I tried. It was me wanting to try something new and there just was not, and still not, enough time in life to get to everything, I guess that’s why I’ve always got something new I am trying. It is the great balance that is needed for the day to day repetition of horse training.” Her approach to getting the best out of horses is unique
in itself. “The horse business is something that we choose and that is what I believe makes the most difference in training pro- grams. We make a choice to be horse trainers and get to go off to the ranches and barns to ride and teach every day. For me, it is a passion that runs furiously through my blood and comes directly from my parents. Both of them coached sports and impressed in me the care and nurturing that it takes to become a coach who succeeds.” Her mother, Roxanne Tallman, was her first trainer and
teacher through her early years. Sent to Rob Gage for the rest of her Junior career, she was also fortunate to spend
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