I Kept a Secret
About a month ago, I was contacted by someone from the Chronicle of the Horse asking if I would like to be interviewed for their Amateurs Like Us series. Megan had found my blog, and asked her editor if she thought it would good be a good fit. Turns out, they did and I sent a ton of info over!
The article posted today – Amateurs Like Us: Lauren Mauldin Takes On Texas and I’m super excited. With an audience as big as COTH, you never know how something is going to go over. I spent a really long time agonizing over the questions and hoping I didn’t sound stupid, ha.
Now that it’s out, I’m really happy. I don’t think I sound stupid, and the star of the article is really Simon. That’s how it should be, because he’s totally a lot cooler than I am. 🙂
Long time readers will notice that it says I have been showing 2’6″ – 2’9″, which is my move up division(s) instead of my current ones (hopefully moving up sooner rather than later). Also, I really do want to do the “big” stuff one day. I would be perfectly happy staying local and showing, because for a long time even that didn’t seen attainable… but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want to go to the big circuits like Colorado and WEF.
Who knows, maybe one day. Maybe not.
Either way, I’m really proud of this blog and really thankful for all the support. I doubt I’ll ever be featured in the Chronicle for my riding abilities, so it was just super awesome to have this to share my beloved little Thoroughbred with the world.
Thank you to Megan and Chronicle of the Horse for this amazing opportunity!
39 thoughts on “I Kept a Secret”
I pulled up Chronicle to go troll the forums for train wrecks (we’re super productive here at work today) and went “OMG I KNOW HER GUYS LOOK I KNOW THE PERSON ON THE FRONT PAGE OF COTH TODAY!”
SO cool!!
You go girl! You and Simon are awesome 🙂
I had a total “I KNOW HER!!!” moment when I saw the article! Way to go!
Today in my early morning stupor, I was scrolling through Facebook and I saw you and Simon and was like awww how cute! Then I saw it said Chronicle of the Horse and I woke up immediately hahah So great seeing you and Simon featured on their site! I think COTH actually does do a good job of featuring regular people and not just the people with deep pockets.
Hope we get to see more of you and Simon on COTH!!
I agree! I have really loved their online content lately, and found it to be a lot more creative and outside of the box than it was several years ago. Can’t help but love COTH 🙂
Wonderful article! Congrats 🙂
i love it!!! i think the article is really on point and it totally gets your funny personality across… plus you look great in tails 😉 *whistles*
Congrats! And I think your responses are all very witty and make for a nice read! 😀
How exciting! Congratulations on such an awesome opportunity. =)
What! That is so cool, congratulations!
Very neat!
Congrats! 😀
I was so excited when I saw you!! It’s like knowing someone famous. 😉 I loved your article. Most of that series has featured amazing women pulling down 6 figures and showing horses that cost more than my house, and you are 1000% more relatable than that for me. Yay Lauren and yay Chronicle!
Go you!! You definitely don’t sound stupid!
Loved the article! Great job!
So so so cool!!!
Congrats! That is so cool.
Loved the article, you did a great job!
Great article!! 🙂
Great article! So glad they chose you! =)
Awesome! Congratulations! I saw that article and was like, “I know that person!”
I guess I’m one of the few that doesn’t stalk COTH, but yay!! Thats super cool!
I was so pumped to see you! I love the pic they choose too. I am so happy for you, what an awesome treat for the end of the year. You should be so proud 🙂
Awesome! Congrats!!
Did you always know you were going to be famous? 😉
The article is great!! Congrats!
Congrats!
Way to represent horse girls for the rest of us. Your article was wonderful!
This is amazing. Congratulations, you deserve it. You’re probably one of my favorite blogs to read because it always puts in my head that one day, Brantley and I will be able to do it to. 🙂
Great article and congrats!!!
The article is great! Congratulations!
What a great article and very cool to see you guys in it. I really like the whole series, actually. I find it very interesting reading about all the amateurs out there!
Super cool
congrats on getting featured!
That’s awesome! Congratulations!
Right on! So awesome 🙂
Wow! Very nice write up! Simon is so handsome. I had never heard of the Take 2 thing. I just looked it up and there might be one or two near me. That might be a fun future goal. 🙂 Congrats on the wonderful feature.
That is SOOO awesome Lauren! Congrats! And good for COTH.
Congratulations! That is such amazing news! You guys deserve it 🙂