Virginia had the rare opportunity to grow up with a herd of 125 horses at Colorado Trails Ranch, a guest ranch outside Durango, Colorado. With 80 guests a week for over 25 years she literally taught over a thousand people how to ride. A lifelong advocate for the horse she has worked to improve their quality of life by sharing her intense love and knowledge of the nature of horses in national organizations through teaching, public speaking, and writing.
Virginia founded the National Horse Abuse Investigators School, and the Equine Education Assistance Program. She was awarded the Rosemary Ames Award by the American Humane Association for outstanding work in the field of humane education. Virginia and Tim McGaffic are partners in “The Nature of Natural” and are currently developing an educational program to support and bring science to traditional horsemen to encourage compassionate training and improve the welfare of the horse.
“Science removes subjectivity, but the genius lies in the art” VCE