‘It’s the release that teaches’ (W/VIDEO)

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‘It’s the release that teaches’ (W/VIDEO)

GARFIELD – Erin Gillies’ family didn’t even have horses when she sat atop a real pony for the first time at a county fair. As the pony plodded around in a circle, she says, “I felt this energy go down my legs and around the little pony, and I looked up at my daddy. I said, ‘I want to keep riding, Daddy. This is what God made me for. He made me to do this for my whole life.’” How does a parent say no to that? Erin Gillies is a riding instruct…