“Take a deep breath…You can do this” are the last words my trainer Karen speaks to me before I head into the coliseum at the All-American Quarter Horse Congress. Just an hour before my thoughts had been racing, “Did I bring my horse down to the arena too soon?” “What if I don’t get to the first fence in a good spot?” “ What if he ticks the pole?” “What if someone runs into us in the warm up?” What if? What if? What if? And the biggest nag that I had in my head was “What if I don’t do my part to make us successful?”