I have loved horses for as long as I can remember. But growing up in Philadelphia, the only horses that I saw were the occasional ones used by the police. So reading about horses and watching movies with them became a pleasant outlet. When I entered college in 1983, I was able to go to the Devon Horse Show held in Devon, Pennsylvania. Years later, I contributed to the United States Equestrian Team and was thrilled when Michael R. Matz, Peter Leone, Leslie Burr-Howard and Anne Kursinski won the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics for team show jumping.

Fast forward to 2005. The show Wildfire premiered on ABC Family (now Freeform). Wildfire told the story of Kris Furillo (Genevieve Padalecki), a teen who is released from a correctional facility to work at Raintree, a horse farm owned by the Ritter family. Kris becomes embroiled in the lives and challenges facing the Ritters. A horse named Wildfire isn’t the only one who captured Kris’ heart. Romance was a significant aspect of various plots throughout the series run.

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