Certain moments determine the rest of your life. When she was 18, Haylee Fisher remembers that she “lived in Traverse City in a super-crappy apartment with a dog while looking for a place to board my horse that I could afford.” A lady told her there was a job in Maple City at a horse farm, so she called farm manager Tom Pierson. He said, “You’re too young to watch over all of the brood mares and horses,” Haylee remembers. It was 2001, and the Cold Spring Farm needed help throughout the year, including every winter when the owners went to Patagonia, Arizona.
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In its bucolic setting about two miles west of Maple City, the Blue Oxer Farm and Riding Academy offers a variety of horse training, rider instruction for both children and adults, boarding and sales. Set on the 120-acre Cold Spring Farm, owned by Alton and Kathy Smith of Raleigh, NC, Blue Oxer was established in 2008 — the dream come true for horse lover, competitor, trainer, instructor and owner Emily King Brinkman.
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