Brook Ballinger, the 2009 Princess of the Black Forest Saddle Club, is Currently a home schooled student and takes enrichment classes at High Country Home Educators in Colorado Springs. She is currently an advanced student of Lee Miller's Light Your World Photography classes. Her love and passion to be an equine photographer quickly earned a placement in the advanced photography class in just a few weeks.
Her previous love for graphics combined with photography has opened another field into graphic art allowing her to create unique equine art. Her dream is to be a well known equine photographer giving the gift of ever lasting memories to horse owners.
Brook lives in Black Forest with her parents Curt and Teri. She loves to show her black and white paint mare Shiloh and is currently training her new love a sorrel quarter horse mare named Bunny.
"The Black Forest Saddle Club has given me a wonderful experience of learning showmanship, competing, and confidence. I have and amazing opportunity representing the Black Forest Saddle Club, it is such a wonderful organization that allows people of all ages the opportunity to have a place where they can enjoy their horses, learn new things, grow, have fun, and build confidence for their future in all things."
Brook is proud to have the honor of representing the Black Forest Saddle Club!
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