At age 27 I purchased my first horse named Zuma, AKA Zoom Room, and this decision changed my life. I eventually sold my business (My professional background is in sales and marketing in the health and wellness industry). Soon after my husband Paul and I purchased the 146 acres we now own to build a horse show facility know as American Sport Horses.

After six short years as a competitive horse show family in the Hunter Jumper world, we had seen enough and decided to retire from that aspect of horses. We were planning to sell the 146-acre and downsize to a small private farm for our seven horses and then literally lightening struck! A lightning strike that burned 10 acres of our land and it also redirected our lives. We didn't list the property after that fire. In the meantime with one phone call, we rescued our first seven horses. For the next four years we continued to rescue horses, caring for the now 30 rescued horses on our own. Finally we decided it was time to formalize our efforts and form a 501C3 public charity- Zuma's Rescue Ranch was born! Now we had to think how to fund it, what to do with all of these horses, and so many unanswered questions to this unique venture....

Chariot racing was the first Olympic sport in 680 B.C.