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petitioner fell from her horse during a stadium jumping clinic
and suffered a head injury which caused continuing episodes of
severe fatigue, mental apathy, dizziness, and nausea.2 Her
illness resulted in permanent disability and caused her to lose
her job with Pfizer on May 9, 2000.
Petitioner is one of six individuals in the Pacific
Northwest qualified to teach Eventing3 at the beginning novice,
novice, training, and preliminary levels.4 In 1998 petitioner
purchased 17 acres of land in Newberg, Oregon (Newberg property),
between Portland and Salem, Oregon, in an area well known within
the equestrian community for horse boarding, training, and
lessons.
In 1998, petitioner began operating a horse boarding and
training facility upon the Newberg property for profit. Although
income from the activities in 1998 was modest, it gradually
increased as improvements were made to the Newberg property and
petitioner was able to hire additional staff. By early 2004,
2 Petitioner was initially diagnosed with chronic fatigue
syndrome. However, in June 2001, a cardiologist diagnosed her as
suffering from neurocardiogenic syncope, an incurable disease
caused by the nerve damage she suffered from her head injury.
3 Eventing is an Olympic sport made up of three disciplines
in which a horse and rider compete in dressage, stadium jumping,
and cross-country jumping.
4 Eventing has six levels of difficulty which are in order
of difficulty: Beginning novice; novice; training; preliminary;
intermediate; and advanced.
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