JUDY REENE SINGER is a dressage competitor, horse trainer, and all-around animal lover. She is a frequent contributor to international animal rescues and is currently foster mother to two elephant babies. Judy has written about the equestrian world for more than a decade, and was named top feature writer by The Chronicle of the Horse in 1996. She holds degrees in English and psychology, shares her home with cats and dogs, horses, and an African gray parrot, and enjoys making her friends and family fat with baked goodies.