Blue Springs Junior High School - Wildcats Yearbook (Blue Springs, MO)

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Q Highlights -.2 Horses have been an important 20 part of Marcy Broughton's life since '5 she was ten years old and she talked tn her parents into getting her her first 3 horse. E Throughout elementary school and high school Mrs. Broughton not only rode for pleasure but also showed her horses in 4-H horse shows and in the American Royal. Her interest in horses wanned briefly when she was nineteen, when a mare she had raised died of a tumor. But she has again become involved and owns an Arabian gel- ding named Magic and an Arabian filly named Surprise Diamond. Mrs. Broughton rides Magic in competi- tive trail riding, which is an endur- ance competition where riders cov- er a course of 28-32 miles. Mrs. Broughton hopes eventually to get ATTENTIVELY LISTENING IS jenny Beatty as Mr. Hopkins describes events from World War II. back into showing her horses at the American Royal. During the summer she rides every day for 4-5 hours, leaving around 6:30-7:00 a.m. Mrs. Brough- ton says that there is something very special about being out in the wilderness enjoying the scenery and the solitude.

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