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Tracey Elliot-Reep has a truly unique and amazing business model that proves you can create a business that fits your spirit and personality in the equine world. How would you like to live on the edge of a reserve with wild ponies that everyone adores, then take equine trail treks across mountain trails for hundreds of miles in Spain or the Netherlands? How about riding horseback from Mexico to Canada? Then, when you get back share your adventures through books and motivational speaking opportunities throughout the world.
Her story is truly inspirational and amazing. You will LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, listening to Tracy.
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How did you get involved with horses and photography?
Lives at Dartmoor in England. Rode the ponies as a child. Tried to get into school for art, but did not qualify.
Joined the traveling circus taking care of the horses. Somewhere along the line I picked up a camera and found that
2011 – across Greece and Italy over the Alps across norther Spain. 5 month trips.
Began her business in photography photographing for several magazines. One went bust so she started selling postcards of Dartmoor ponies. Living off 5 pounds a week for a period of time. That was 23 years ago. Now my business of calendars, greeting cards, books funds my adventures then when I come back I give talks about LIVING YOUR DREAMS. I talk about overcoming obstacles.
People are inspired to live their own dreams after hearing the struggles and overcoming which I talk about.
In the spring she had 20 talks. Working on a children’s book about Rainbow, her pony. Sells greeting cards, novelettes, calendars, children’s books, horseback travel adventure books.
Started one adventure with $100. Faith into action. Took on jobs to fund the adventure. Purchased the horses. Crossing the southern Alps. Flash floods. New Zealand. Raised money for disabled riding programs.
Ride from Mexico to Canada. Drug smugglers, snakes, mountain lions, mountains.
Her European adventure included tunnels, refugees, mountains, mountain goats, dangers of many kinds.
http://www.traceyelliotreep.com
Riding by Faith Across Southern Europe
Riding by Faith Across America
Riding by Faith Through New Zealand
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This is my first time to listen to your podcast and I really enjoyed it Thank you for posting on the PPO Facebook page Peter
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the whole of this podcast. My interest was twofold. My first paid employment many years ago was with an equestrian photographer – he had been a wedding photographer but grew bored and thanks to his eldest daughter’s enthusiasm for the equestrian world switched to that field which offered far more variety. Further back still, in the 1960s I had three wonderful pony trekking holidays at the centre which was run by Tracey’s delightful parents.