Margaret grew up in the Orting Valley, falling in love with horses at seven years old when she joined Carbon River Pony Club. She knew early on that her passion for horses lay in their care and management, and she thrived in the Pony Club environment. Margaret moved to her family’s small farm in Sammamish in 2007 to attend the University of Washington, earning her B.S. in Psychology—and also earned her Pony Club HB and C-3 certificates in that same year. In 2011, Margaret was preparing to further her career as a foreign language teacher (Japanese and French), but the lure of working professionally with horses proved too much to resist. In early 2012, Margaret ran away with the circus, and spent the next five years working for Cavalia. Starting in the front of house as a ticket taker at Marymoor Park, she eventually held every position within the stables (except for farrier!) until she settled into her favorite role as Head Veterinary Technician. She began her long distance education in Veterinary Technology through Purdue University, and managed to complete all of her textbook-based curriculum while working full (or double full) time in Australia, Europe, and Asia. She is grateful to have worked alongside top veterinarians in 10 different countries, and to have made many friends in her travels, both of the two-legged and four-legged varieties. Margaret finally returned to her home in Sammamish in 2016, where she was reunited with her Pony Club mount Paris, as well as one of her retired Cavalia favorites, a trick horse named Echo. After completing 10 weeks of clinical practice at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Margaret joined the Tacoma Equine Team in April 2017. Later that same year, her Cavalia heart horse Llicenciat retired to her home. With a little help from Dr. Watson, Margaret made her dream of getting a foal by her stallion a reality and welcomed Leo to the world in 2020. Her passion for equine reproductive medicine continues to grow, though she also enjoys surgical assistance, anesthesia, and general pharmacology. She may someday return to school to finish her veterinary technician degree, but suffering through a year of small animal nursing internships is not very appealing, and she is very happy where she is. Margaret continues riding and training horses in whatever discipline catches her eye, and serves as a fieldmaster for Woodbrook Hunt Club and as a club level examiner for Northwest Region Pony Club. In August 2022, Margaret completed the world’s longest horse race, the multi-day, 1000km+ Mongol Derby. She successfully finished the race without falling off a semi-wild horse, and even came across the finish line a day early! When not dreaming about or living out her next overseas adventure, Margaret can be seen doing objectively silly things on horseback in the Pacific Northwest, snuggling her retired foxhound Kenya, and making awfully good (or just awful) puns.

Danielle has always had a passion for horses since a young age, starting with Breyer horses. She got her first horse, an Appaloosa gelding, when she was 14. She still has her heart horse Cisco to this day. Danielle has ridden several different disciplines, but her current whim has her working toward getting her quarter horse trained in reining. Danielle graduated with her associates degree from Pierce College and entered the field of equine veterinary medicine in 2016. She joined the Tacoma Equine Hospital team in 2021 and finds great satisfaction in being able to help Tacoma Equine provide excellent care for our patients. She also really enjoys that each day in the life of a veterinary assistant is an adventure! Outside of work Danielle enjoys horseback riding, kayaking, and basically anything outdoors with her family and two Welsh corgis.

Sabrina was born and raised in Washington and grew up on a horse ranch. She’s been riding her entire life in a variety of disciplines including barrel racing, gaming, drill, team roping, penning, goat roping, breakaway roping, and cow sorting as well as spending a ton of time on high mountain trail rides. Her first job was at a breeding/training facility when she was 13 and from there she went on to breeding Paints with her family. She has also rescued and rehomed too many horses to count, the most recent being a young Yakama Reservation horse, and currently has 5 horses. She is a member of Mt Rainier Barrel Racing Association (MRBRA) and competes with her horse Hunter, a Quarter Horse. She also enjoys participating in Tom Reed obstacle clinics with Star, her Thoroughbred mare, amongst other horsey things. When she’s not hanging with horses, she enjoys riding Harleys with her partner, spending time with her grown daughters, Destiny and Jordyn, and staying home playing on the farm with her pet pig, 4 dogs, 1 cat, 3 ducks, 1 chicken, and 2 big lizards.