Founder of Unbridled Faith Farm. A wife and mother of two children, she is an Ordained Minister, an equestrian with a lifetime of experience in a wide variety of equine activities, including showing Quarter Horses, Paints and Pintos and winning many High Point Year End Awards, Buckles, Saddles and Titles. Elaine was awarded the Congress USA Championship Trophy for Showmanship in 1971. Her Family owned Quarter Horse Racings,” Horse of the Year“, Rocket Elaine; and the TB Breeders Cup Dystaff winner, Unbridled Elaine. Her father, Roger Devenport, brought the first two Quarter Horses to Wisconsin in the early forty’s from Oklahoma. Horses were always one of the main focus’ of her family.
Elaine attended Oral Roberts University with a major in Psychology. During her college years she volunteered for Teen Challenge and worked with their Youth Group and did Emergency Interventions. Immediately following college, she opened a boutique and hair salon, on Lovers Lane, in Dallas Texas. While there she was written up in Harpers Bazaar for being the New Kid On the Block, in the Dallas Morning News, “Who’s Who” section and was voted one of Dallas’ most eligible bachelor(ettes) for her ‘Fifth Ave. Smarts’. Following her retail years she moved to Ruidoso, New Mexico where she sold advertising for a Southwestern Arts Magazine.
Happy Trails - Peggy Helland
As one who is impassioned by what I may find around the next bend or over the next hill, I have become the "Trail Boss" at Unbridled Faith Farm. "Tis a wonderful thing" to be on horseback out on the trail, offering a good ride to my horse, inhaling the fresh air along with nature's sights such as a glimpse of a newborn fawn!
On my own farm, my life-long love of horses finds me seizing every opportunity to explore a new trail or to simply appreciate a well-worn path. Having shown reining horses in the past, I am drawn to a finely tuned equine partner. In addition to time spent with my horses, I strum a few chords on my guitar and sing a few songs, often around a campfire.
I am a Registered Nurse, having worked many years in a busy Emergency Room. I remember thinking as I first entered nursing, how great it would be to be a First Aide Nurse on a ranch so I could ride my horse and practice nursing at the same time!
At Unbridled Faith Farm I am experiencing the unfolding of my personal dreams. I am privileged to assist others down the trail into their own dreams while making that important connection with their horses. I guide the riders out into nature, seeing all the wonders to be found, fellowshipping around the campfire and singing a joyful song about the adventures on the trail. I am always prepared to put ice on any bump or bruise…the great outdoors, singing, first aide and horses too! Does it get any better?!
