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Ty has had the opportunity to develop photography skills throughout his career . . .
the adventure,” Ty says. “We would literally write stories at the typesetter. If I was at Ruidoso and covering the Rainbow Derby, I’d go down to El Paso, fly back and be in the office Monday morning, and write my story at the typesetter. We’d paste it up and all of that, and luckily FedEx had just started
to service Ruidoso so we could get a photo by Wednesday and meet our Friday deadline.”
While Ty’s career was progressing, the young family suffered a devastating blow in 1990 when Marsha died of a rare autoimmune disease. “My boys were 6 and 8, and I didn’t want to make any decisions too quickly,” Ty says. “After about two years, I decided to move back to Colorado; my parents were there and I knew the school system.”
He looked forward to the familiar, but mourned the loss of both Marsha and his established career. “I was literally walking away from the racehorses,” he says. “But I was also the national Quarter Horse columnist for the Daily Racing Form and when
I told them I was moving, they said they’d try keeping me on long distance. They had these new things called fax machines then, so I’d fax them
a story and they’d typeset it. I can safely say that technological advances saved my career!”
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writing to his resume, using his showing background to contribute to Western Horseman. Tragically, two months after moving there, Ty’s father died. “Then I had a 6 year old, an 8 year old and a mother who had never paid a bill in her life.
“I was trying to make every dime I could,” he adds. He worked for a weekly newspaper for a while, was managing editor for several horse- related start-up publications, and also worked as managing editor for Boulder magazine and Boulder County Home and Garden.
His Greatest Success
Ty considers raising his sons his biggest success. “Everything else pales in comparison to that,” he says. “That’s real-world.”
“Ty had a strong drive to be a good parent,” Walt adds. “He looked at what was best for the boys and put them first, and was still able to make a change in his life and continue being a part of the racehorse industry.”
Ty received some help in that respect when Brad McKinzie organized a fundraiser for Ben
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Ty Wyant
Respected journalist, photographer, public relations expert, and much, much more.