CARTHAGE, Mo. - About three years
back, Dina Stevens' curiosity had bubbled over. Stevens begged her
friend Genie Wunderlich, who had participated in competitive endurance horse
riding since 1989, to allow her to accompany Wunderlich on a ride.
" It was just a conditioning ride, but I took her on
the fastest, wildest ride I had ever taken anybody on," Wunderlich said.
Evidently, it wasn't
too wild, because Stevens was hooked. Upon her return home, Dina?s husband,
Carl, could immediately sense a passion that needed to be delved into further.
" She came home and seriously that was all I heard
about for a few days," Carl said. " So, she had five weeks to get ready for her first
race, and it all took off from there."
