# 6 Horses are my Therapy



Eileen, Bella & Chance

Eileen Reilich here, I live and ride mostly around Olympia WA. I ride two chestnut arabs with white on their faces: Bella the mare and Chance the gelding. Chance is my endurance horse, Bella is my trail horse whom I keep in tip top condition as well. 

I enjoy riding with like-minded friends and I enjoy riding alone a lot; my horses are great company.  The Distance Derby is awesome motivation to get me out and riding even more than I usually would because I am seriously competitive in spirit.  Horses and riding horses is my chosen sort of therapy, if I get down, I go ride in the woods and I come home happy once again. Been ridin since I was 5 years old, I feel at home on horseback. I ride trails, have jumped, have done drill, have done cows, I ride endurance, and I study dressage.