Rachel Reynolds was born in Taos, New Mexico, to a family of ranchers.  She spent the majority of her early childhood in the Black Hills of South Dakota before traveling throughout Mexico, Central America, the West Coast, and then back home to New Mexico. Some of Rachel’s earliest memories were made on the back of a horse. Before Rachel could walk, she rode with her parents on the front of their saddles, where she grew accustomed to the feel of a horse, to their smell and sounds. From then on, she spent more time on a horse than she did on the ground, and by the time she was five, was riding a big buckskin quarter horse named Rowdy. He taught her about trust and communication, and about the partnership between a person and a horse. Since then, there have been many horses in Rachel’s life. Right now she rides a bay thoroughbred mare she calls Emmy, with her own young son on the front of her saddle.