Some of my earliest childhood memories revolve around horses. Growing up on a farm in North Central Missouri gave me the opportunity to be around horses much of the time. Horses were my favourite of all the farm animals. I daydreamed of living in the West as a cowboy (or maybe a cowboy is sweetheart) where I could ride around all day on my trusty mount. Saturday afternoon matinees at the movies were a joy. I watched the movies starring my favorite actors, Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy, the Lone Ranger and later Roy Rogers, and imagined what it would be like to live as I envisioned the characters they portrayed. In my mind they loved the beautiful horses they rode. I knew I would have.