This Midwestern trainer survived a major health scare to come back stronger than ever.

As sole proprietor of Holmestead Stables in Milford, Ohio, Janice Holmes moves fast and gets the job done, whether that means riding several horses a day or teaching upwards of 60 lessons a week. She’s well known throughout Midwest eventing, dressage and hunter/jumper circles as a woman of upbeat, abundant energy, so her friends worried during the summer of 2007 when Holmes seemed to be running out of gas.