Welcome! My name is Amanda Patton. I was born and raised here in Northwest Arkansas; a country girl at heart aside from the tolerance of snakes and wasps. Horses have always been a part of our family; my grandparents took horses to Colorado for annual hunting trips, my parents were pleasure riders and participated in community activities, my sport discipline was horsemanship where I studied hunter jumper, western pleasure, halter and trail. My senior year of high school was spent working at a small horse farm that bred and showed pleasure horses. The next 16 years of my life were focused on growing a family and working in the children's ministry at our church. The last 7 years I have been studying different natural horsemanship theologies, auditing and participating in horsemanship clinics as well as taking equine related courses at the University of Arkansas. This, in combination with my ministry leadership training, has helped me to develop a horsemanship program that can help teach valuable life skills in leadership.