My Journey

Painted Star Stables started out as a dream of a little girl who did not have horses of her own and did not grow up in a horse family but knew from the time she was 2 yrs old that that is what she wanted. Below I am pictured with my aunts horse domino, my 1st love. My aunt was the only horse lover in my family and I only got to visit her ounce a year to ride. But I found ways to ride, I would go to a small trail ridding barn every weekend to go on trails and they would always give me the most challenging horse but I grew to love that little mare named Cat Walk and she taught me allot. I rode her every weekend until I finally got my 1st horse when I was 16 yrs old. She was a unregistered QH/Arab and when I purchased her was told she was a child’s horse, boy was that not the case. She was a sweet horse but very unconfident and scared of everything. If a leaf blew past her she would rear, try to toss me off and run back home to the barn, but throw all the pain of falling off and all the work we did together she also taught me allot. She taught me how to hold my seat and how to help a horse gain confidence. I ended up selling her to a lady to Team Pin on as I took the adventure of purchasing a yearling QH colt when I was 17. He was never touch when I got him and his halter had grown into his skin. I gelded him and our journey began. He was the 1st horse I ever trained from the ground up and I did it all on my own, with no instruction or help. I did read a few john lyons books but that was all. We did allot of ground work and then went on to riding. He proved to be a challenge and he would go fine for 2 days then on the 3rd day he would decide he was a rodeo horse, but again he taught me allot about training and the problems you can run into. We ended up going to our 1st open FQHA show when I was 18 and took home 2nd in Western Pleasure, I was very proud. I ended up selling him to get my first two APHA horses when I was 19. That was the start of Painted Star Stables. We had to rent stalls up until now which made it hard to do everything I dreamed of but it was a start. But now in 2006 my whole dream has come around, I now have 5 acres to call home, my horse friends, 2 great kids and a supporting family. Of course there are allot of things that happened in-between these years but I wont bore you with all the details, I have started quite a few horses under saddle and did quite a bit of showing along the way, with Dogs and horses, allot of work and patients went into this dream and i would not have had it any other way, I do this because I love my horses and my Dogs, not for the money. I rarely make any money off of this farm, but I enjoy every moment of it. It is truly a dream come true. Rescuing horses and seeing them find that perfect home is all the payment I could ever ask for, and all the great people I have and will meet along the way is priceless. I hope you all enjoy my sight, E-mail me I love to talk.

Below are pics of me, my kids, my family and my farm. There are allot of pics so please take time for them to lode. Enjoy and God Bless

Me at my best, lol.

Family Pictures

My Family I love you guys photos by Amy Smith photography go to www.amysmith.com to find out how you can capture your family’s precious moments on film!

My farm, more pics to come soon as I build

IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND DAVID BROWN SR. 1979 - 2001, MY TRUE SOUL MATE  AND A GREAT FATHER , MY LOVE WILL NEVER DIE, YOU WILL LIVE ON IN ME Forever. I WILL MISS YOU TILL WE MEET UP AGAIN

Below are pictures of my husband David Brown Sr. Father of my oldest son, David Brown Jr. We met in 1999 at my job at the time, Burger King and from the first time I saw him I knew we were met to be, I knew he was my soul mate and that we were destine to be together for all time. He had just gotten out of a break up and saw me and felt the same and just had to ask me out, we were inseparable from that moment. Doing everything together. His X had plans for me though and tried several times to hit me with her car and jump me, so in a final decision we decided to move to NY where his mother and grandmother lived, I had live in FL since I was 8 so the move was exciting and scary, but we needed to get away. So in July of 1999 I moved to NY. I found a family I never knew I had, they were great!! Took me In like I was one of their own and acted like I had always been their I felt so at home and Loved every moment of it. I then got pregnant in Sept. of 2000, a great Birthday present, lol and we were married in Nov of 2000, by his grandfather who is a Preacher. It was not a super fancy wedding but when you are in love nothing matters but who you are with. We lived very happily and it was almost like a fairy tail come true. A true love, one that sent you flying and your hart pounding, every moment of every day. I was the happiest I had ever been in my life. We were a pair, rarely ever fought or had a conflict. We just had the most perfect marriage you could have. And I knew we would have a great life together. Our son was born May 30th 2001 right after his dads Birthday May 27th, great birthday present. We were Joyed with the addition of our new son and the love we all shared, it could not be more perfect. Life went on good until Oct 2001 when my husband was involved in a car accident which took his life and the life of his cousin Shane (my other child is named after Shane), in our brand new 2001 Chevey Trail Blazer. The car was sent rolling over a guard rail and down an embankment where it exploded. There was a investigation but still to this day we have no idea what he swerved to miss, a deer, another car, a cone (as we herd their were cons in the road that were picked up real fast after the accident)?? We don’t know. The steering arm broke and the air bags never deployed, that is all we really know. It was a really dark period for me, and I will never forget him or that day. He was my life and my only true love. I watch my child grow and he looks more and more like his father every day and I know that he has given a little piece of him to us to live on. But I hold it in my hart that god needed him home and that one day we will meet up again over that rainbow bridge. Until that day I will live on in the grace of god and in the warmth of his love and protect our chid as he grows and teach him how to love and be a great guy like his dad was and always will be.