Chronicle blogger Taylor Flury, who rides out of her family's AliBoo Farm in Minooka, Ill., and competes primarily in the jumpers Flury's top mount is the U.S.-bred Role Model (Roc USA--Darling Devil), who claimed U.S. Equestrian Federation Horse of the Year titles in 2011 and 2012 in the 5- and 6-Year-Old Jumper divisions Their story includes brain surgeries and broken shoulders along with the blue ribbons.