Living Her Best Life – Amateur Stephanie Mohindra
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By Delores Kuhlwein
One day, in 2018, Stephanie Mohindra’s then eight-year-old son, Kiptin Goodin, asked if he could learn how to ride a horse.
“It was totally random, because he hadn’t been raised around horses,” Stephanie explains. Little did she know at the time, but that simple request would permanently alter the course of their lives. Stephanie seemed to be faced with destiny as she was flooded with memories of the joys of riding during her childhood.
From the time she was eleven, Stephanie soaked up everything she could learn about horses in her home state of Arizona. She rode bareback to learn balance, showed in 4-H, and eventually competed with the APHA horse her parents purchased. “My parents found trainer Mark Kuhlwein, and I trained with him for two years and attended two World Shows.” However, the expense of showing horses proved to be too much for her family. After her horse was sold, Stephanie got her horse fix by being a rodeo queen in high school and earned the title of Miss Teen Rodeo Arizona.
Twenty years later, when she heard Kiptin’s heartfelt plea, her wish to share the joy of horses with her children came to the forefront.
The Road to Riding as a Family
