Born and raised in Galax, Virginia, not far from the North Carolina border, Scott Frye had a passion for horses early on that even a feisty pony named “Snowy” couldn’t quell. He recalls the little Palomino firebrand, “My dad raised her for me when I was about four, and we trained her together. That pony would throw me off, and I’d get kind of scared, but my dad would just smack me on the butt and put me back on the saddle so I learned to hang on.” He laughs as he continues, “That’s probably the worst thing he could’ve done, because when I got that pony to finally listen to me, it started a love of horses that never quit.”