Annett's interest in horseback riding began while watching her older brother competing at the state level as a jumper in Korea. Her own riding career began at age 23. She has trained with several local trainers in dressage and hunter/jumper. She began competeing for fun but won Reserve Champion in the Adult Amateur Division in 1997. Annett's riding career has suffered several major interruptions but she always returned to what she loves. In 2008, she became a riding instructor with Paramount Performance and has had a steady client base of beginner riders ever since.

She says her biggest satisfaction as a riding instructor is applying what she learned from all three disciplines, making a difference in every ride, tailoring her riding knowledge and skills into each rider’s varying abilities and having some moments of brilliance on the way. Once a rider tastes that little success, the rider gets "naturally high."  In between, she tries to teach the real force behind riding, that is consistency and persistency, which a rider can take into his/her personal life among other benefits that come with riding.

"When we are out there in the arena, the rider, the horse, and I have a common goal of having the best ride one can have, and we all work as a team so that we can end up with the best possible result at the end of each ride. I try to do little fun things with little riders and also with children with autism. They teach me patience and unconditional love. My most rewarding moments are getting paintings from them saying the best teacher ever, or getting meaningful hugs, not letting me go when they leave. These are the things that the money can't buy, and something to be treasured for now and years to come, because I feel like I am making a LITTLE DIFFERENCE in their lives."