Frank P. Calzavara，Born in Libertyville, IL, Frank started his riding at the age of 3 year old. He spent his youth working with his father, first at the Circle R Farms livery stable and later at the Big Hat Rodeo company. As a young adult he spent 9 years from 1972 to 1981 working with the Lipizzaner horses at Temple Farms in Wadsworth, IL.