Cindy Hale is a thirty-year hunter/jumper veteran, teacher of young horses and a winner of "A Circuit" National Championships. Cindy writes for Horses USA, California Thoroughbred, the Los Angeles Times, and various websites. Cindy Hale is a lifelong horsewoman. She has competed at horse shows in a variety of disciplines and is a thirty-year hunter/jumper veteran. Her favorite pastime is riding her American Paint horse, Wally, on the trails. A former schoolteacher, Cindy has turned her love of all things horse into a second career as a regular feature writer with Horse Illustrated magazine, for which she won a Pegasus Award in 2005 from the United States Equestrian Federation. She is the author of Riding for the Blue, A Passion for Horses, and Horse Sense and Nonsense. She has also contributed her experience and knowledge to Horses USA, California Thoroughbred, the Los Angeles Times, and the equestrian Web site Horsechannel.com. Cindy lives in Southern California with her husband, Ron.