CLEARWATER BEACH, Fla. – Nine years ago, Deborah Ryland stood at a major crossroads in her life.

“I was kind of burned out. I was kind of questioning where I was going to go,” she explained. “I was laying on the back of my horse in a pasture, and his tail just kept flipping up.”

Ryland has had experience with horses his entire life. That day, her horse’s tail hair sparked an epiphany.

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“I just jumped down, instead