He was wearing a cravat to go trail riding with me in the peach orchard. It was sort of embarrassing at the time, but now I think it's really cool that he was like that, and not like the other fathers who were watching football. He was riding with me on the weekends. We strap on the feedbag, as it were, and Romero continues her story. But it was when Romero and her family returned home that her equestrian interests got more serious.
Trainers put pressure on their clients to go to horse shows.
So as a teenager, that's what I got wrapped up in. I didn't realize that I didn't really have a chance of winning on my little quarter horse compared to the Du Pont descendants I was riding against. It's very political, who can afford the most expensive horse, and who comes from a certain trainer. It's a very political thing. When I quit, she was so relieved.