Amanda Chance

Hey y’all! I’m Amanda Chance, an amateur event rider living on a sporthorse breeding farm in Ocala, FL. Professionally (and thus less-interestingly) I’m a freelance copywriter and social media manager, and also serve as a staff writer for Eventing Nation and Ride iQ. On the side I run my blog breedrideevent.com , where I’ve been sharing probably way too much of my story over the past 10 years.

I am fortunate to be the proud owner of four awesome horses, two of which are OTTBs (and the other two horses are 66% and 88% Thoroughbred so they should almost count, right?). My main competition horse, Presto, is a second-generation homebred that’s currently preparing to tackle his first Preliminary event. I also have Rubes aka Ruby Bleu, my 2025 RRP Makeover hopeful that I purchased last summer. A true warhorse, he raced 100 times earning $940,000 and was inducted into the Pennsylvania Racing Hall of Fame.

My other OTTB is Henry, now semi-retired, but in his heyday we competed through the Preliminary level. Last but not least is Feyre, my 4-year-old eventing-bred filly (her sire is an OTTB!) who is part of the breeding program.

Participating in the RRP Makeover has been a bucket list item for me for many years, so I’m excited to not only embark on this journey but to also be able to share it with so many fellow OTTB fans!