Nancy Johnson

Secretary

Born and raised in California, I’ve been living in Vacaville since 1974. My lifelong passion for horses apparently started as soon as I could talk, as Dad said the first words out of my mouth were: “Dad, I want a horse”. No Dada, pony…horse. And from thence it went! I started out having my horse saddled for me (the saddle outweighed me!) and being led up and down the driveway. Graduated from there to 4-H, riding Western and galloping all around the countryside. As an adult, I decided I wanted to learn to jump and started taking Hunter Jumper lessons. It was durimg that time a guest trainer came in and her discipline was eventing. I was hooked! I evented until my mare decided she didn’t want to jump any more, so we continued with our dressage training, discovered how much fun cows were to move around, packed the mules and trekked up the mountains, trail rode at Pt. Reyes (although never did make it to the beach…that’s still on my bucket list). My last ride on her was at 33 years old, and she passed away at 35. So my “new” guy, who is 26 this year, a Thoroughbred long off a successful racing career is happy just walking down the road. I’ve been offered the wonderful opportunity to ride Julie Smith’s mare, ReJoyce, who is very busy teaching me to RIDE! I’m learning so much from her, and hopefully she’s learning a thing or two from me.

I’m new to CDS, and as Secretary, I’m very trainable. I look forward to working with everyone, learning about the Society and what it offers the riding community.