STATUS: Amateur PUBLISHER: The Plaid Horse
- As a horsewoman, I am most proud of my patience.
- As a horsewoman, I would most like to improve my confidence.
- The attitude I bring to every ride is joy.
- My best piece of advice for young riders is observe and allow learning to take time.
- My favorite horse book is Geoff Teall on Riding Hunters, Jumpers, and Equitation. I put it back into print as a fan!
- My favorite non-horse book is The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin.
- I cannot travel without my heating pad.
- We need to welcome more people into our sport because horses are awesome and everyone should get to bury their nose in a mane as many times as possible in their life.
- The horse person I most admire is I admire everyone for so many reasons, but if I had to pick one, it would be Emily Elek. She is all the things and she has gotten better at the entirety of care and training every single day I have known her (all 5,000+).
- The biggest lesson I’ve learned from ponies is going slowly in the early years is so critical to a happy lifetime of being a pony! I seem to go more slowly with each pony.
- One thing our sport needs in the next 5 years is a Ledges in every town. Every community needs their community horse show where people learn to really ride and horses learn in a constructive environment where everyone is supportive. Look how many riders Chicago turns out at the top of the sport and think about how much stronger our entire country could be if there was the commitment and community of Ledges everywhere.
- Women in our sport are just like women everywhere- tough, strong, cool, and underappreciated by both the women and men around them.
- My absolute favorite show is Devon because all the history and being on a small footprint you get to see all your friends and eat all the Devon food and I love ponies and hunters and night jumpers so close to the ring and it reminds me of how badly I wanted to learn all this when I was a kid.
- The best part about being publisher of The Plaid Horse is talking to people about horses all day, every day! I love to learn and to get to ask people questions constantly and they’re excited to share is the best part.
- My biggest goal for my horses is they live their whole lives with me and are as sound and healthy as they can be and inspire as many people as possible to start riding, to come back to riding, and to have a better day! They are all available for snuggles and to brighten days and Reuben and Sundae have gotten so many people back in the saddle and finding their light in this sport (including me!) and that makes me so happy and proud.
- My biggest goal for 2025 is to take more lessons at home!
