Julie Anna Prusak

Rider/Owner of the FIsh

Julie Anna is an amateur rider in central Texas. She grew up near the former Arlington Racetrack in Chicago where her passion for Thoroughbreds started. Her bug for equestrian sports initially came about from sneaking into the pasture to hop on the family plow horse at her grandmother's farm in southern rural Poland. When she pursued her Bachelor's degree at Iowa State, she worked at the test barn at Prairie Meadows to be near the track horses. Nemo was diagnosed with kissing spine in the middle of March of this year and had the osteotomy surgery March 23rd. Throughout this whole year, Nemo and Julie Anna had many hiccups-- but they persevered. Julie Anna and Nemo hope to inspire others' that there is life after being diagnosed with Kissing Spine and to just keep swimming.