VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Helen Hilgeman fell in love with riding horses early on.

“When I was around 13 years old, my mom bought me my first horse,” she recalls.

Throughout the years, that passion grew.

“After that, I started getting into show business. I’d run barrels and poles, dash for cash, and all this wild stuff. I love the wild stuff,” she continues.

Those wild competitions earned her dozens of awards and trophies, and 77 years later, she’s still riding.

She and her horse, Sampson, ride and train four days a week at the Whispering Miracles Equestrian Center in Virginia Beach.

Mary, one of Helen’s three daughters, wrote to us about her mom when they celebrated her 90th birthday recently.

“I wanted other people to understand how wonderful it is to have a 90-year-old mother who is

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