This is a wonderful story. Can you imagine riding blind?

The Journal News. PEARL RIVER - A little more than a year after she resumed horseback riding after being forced to stop when she became blind, Alison Dolan is now a champion.

This month, she won the Exceptional Challenge Cup at the American Royal Horse Show in Kansas City, Mo.

Dolan, 45, outperformed nine other riders with varying disabilities to win the award.

"I was holding my breath when they announced the runner-up," she recalled. "When they said my name I almost jumped out of my saddle, I was so thrilled."

Dolan was the first blind rider to compete in the event.

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