Rural life

Don’t let the quiet hillside setting or their livestock fool you — this is a family that thrives on horsepower. Bryant flies jets for Delta Airlines, and Mary Ann raises thoroughbred race horses. Their son Grant is an FUHS junior with a whole roomful of trophies from his carting expertise on the racing circuit, and daughter Victoria competes with the Potter Junior High cheerleading team.

With all this, their three-acre view site is home to two dogs and a young goat named Jane Doe, who was raised as an orphan (with diapers) within their home and wags her tail as she waits to be petted when let out of her space in the horse barn. Jane wears a pink rhinestone collar and enjoys playing with the two family dogs.

Bryant’s flying takes him to many sites, and in Las Vegas he was so impressed with tile work in the Venetian Hotel that he made sketches of the pattern to use at home. When he approached tile setters they were perplexed at the complexity of it, so he personally started cutting tiles and did the optical illusion tile work on the fireplace hearth. The results: stunning. Dozens of other home improvement projects reflect the taste and work of this ambitious couple.

Mary Ann was involved with breeding thoroughbred horses in Scottsdale, AZ, and then Coronado before the Hebners settled in Fallbrook. Her yearling “Lala” has been in training at San Luis Rey Downs and will hopefully one day become another of the Hebner racehorses to win a race.

Construction and maintenance of the small carts that Grant races has become a father and son project of large proportions. In their workshop are several small engines and hundreds of parts that fit onto the several racing car frames that Grant uses. Now that he has several sponsors, the “Stars of Carting” series sponsored by the Indy Racing League puts him in regular competition throughout the western states.

With all this, the placid rural setting makes the Hebner home look like a farmstead with livestock and a quiet, peaceful nonchalance. Don’t let first impressions fool you!