Ooh sorry! Didnât mean to leave you hanging.
Mid-40s here. Started my riding career as a kid with an Appaloosa mare that I did everything with from hunters to pulling a buggy. She had a weanling by her side that I helped raise and break with a cowboy from South Dakota who had apprenticed with Ray Hunt. Dumb luck opportunity and I learned so much from him!
Moved to the UK where I evented to Intermediate and worked my way through the BHS system to AI. I also got hooked up with a Highland Pony breeder there, worked at both barns and had the opportunity to show them in breed shows. My UK education was pretty strong and formalized.
Sadly had to return to the US to an area with little eventing, so showed hunters and taught for the next 20 some odd years, with some very odd experiences in between (helped an Amishman break a colt to drive, trained a steer, etc) Enjoyed the starting process so I started breaking youngsters to sell. Also got a lot of rehabs - usually horses that no one else could or would do anything with. I wasnât a BNT so I didnât get the super nice ones, but usually the horses who had some talent but whose brains werenât in the right place because of former schooling. Became somewhat known for that locally.
Enjoyed that for a few years, then decided that I didnât really want to jump fences anymore and that I was done with problems, and switched disciplines to Dressage and bought my first saddlebred.
Dabbled with my quarter horse in Ranch Horse, Trail, and HUS. Learned that I donât really have the ability to focus solely on one sport and instead enjoy a variety of equine disciplines. Ended up at a saddlebred barn when barns misinterpreted my saddlebred and started to mistreat him as a result.
Learned saddlebred âstuffâ (although I could not really get the hang of switching my legs around for a canter cue and so was not terrifically successful at saddleseat) like long lining their way, and started mine to drive. Showed at Saddlebred shows a few times in hunt seat.
Now Iâm learning Doma Vaquera and Working Equitation (with my Saddlebred) and I run a small private boarding facility. I teach some but thatâs not really why I have the facility - I teach largely to keep the boarders safe.
I have 4 horses of my own now that are all in various stages of project status. I consider myself perpetually a student and love getting deep in each discipline. I clinic and lesson as much as I can with all sorts of trainers, from Brannaman to Hester.
This was longer than I meant it to be, but Iâm not sure how else to share my resume as it reads like a winding road!
I clearly misunderstood the assignment. 
Ha! Thanks for the clarification. Not shocking at all.
