Background

At ten years of age she started riding and was soon jumping her pony by the age of eleven. At twelve while at school with her horse Pacer, Caron was given the opportunity to jump at a youth horse event. Having placed third in her first event this was the start of an eight year run in which Caron competed in eventing and jumping competitions and enjoyed hunting in the off season.

As Caron became more experienced in the jumping ring she began helping others with their horses. Although the local facilities were lacking Caron didn't hesitate to make good use of the local hills which provided all the natural jumps she needed to hone her skills and also gave her the idea to use everyday objects to use as practice jumps. As many young people do the feed buckets, barrels and any think else she could get her hands on, were used to jump over.

After moving to the States in 1989 and meeting Don, Caron took some years off to have a family. Caron once again had the opportunity to ride. Moving from the Phoenix area with her family and horse Callie. They moved to rural Kansas and started a small horse boarding business. Needing jumps for their jumping arena they found it hard to find good quality wooden jumps and training tools in the Midwest and decided with both of their backgrounds to make their own.