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Mavis Spencer, equestrian athlete and Miss Golden Globe 2010, turned continues her career in the sport. U.S. Equestrian believes she is the future.

Overcoming incredible odds in a sport dominated by the wealthy, Donna Cheek’s supportive parents turned her dream into a reality when at age seven, she began taking riding lessons. A hunter/jumper for more than 45 years, Donna made sports history, becoming the first black woman to join the U.S. Equestrian Team in 1981 and the first equestrienne to be inducted into the Women’s Sports Hall of Fame.