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Area
VI 2008 Young Rider Team Candidates
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| Suzy
Hettich and Given Half A Chance |
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CCI
* Star Team
Rider Age: 17
Hometown: Goleta, CA
Age Started Riding: 7 years ago because she
"wasn't any good at gymnastics".
Horse Info: Given Half A Chance aka "Chance"
is an 11 year old bay 16.3 hand Appendix Quarter Horse.
Biography: When not riding horses, she enjoys
rock and metal music, photography, art and her friends. Her
most admired rider is Jimmy Wofford.
Best Advice Ever Given: "When in doubt, sit
up and kick".
Career Highlights:
Never placed lower than 4th at training level or below.
3rd place Training Junior Horse in Area VI 2007.
5th at his first Preliminary.
5th at his first one star. |
| Scott
Kuhlman and Gallopli II |
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Groom
Rider Age: 18
Hometown: Temecula, CA
Age Started Riding: When I was seven I first
started riding by riding in the Santa Fe Hunt. I didn't really
have a choice, it's a family thing.
Horse Info: Gallipoli II aka "Chex"
is a 14 year old chestnut 16.2 hand Thoroughbred.
Biography: Along with fox hunting, Scott likes
to play polo, lacrosse, surf and hang out with friends. His
most admired rider is Jimmy Wofford.
Best Advice Ever Given: "Any fool can
make money, a true genius knows how to spend it"
(Cortland Smith).
"When you're angry count to ten and when you're really
angry count to a thousand" (Thomas Jefferson).
Career Highlights:
Junior Jumper Championship, Indio Desert Classic,
3rd Place Finish National Interscholastice Polo Championship,
Cornell University
Working Student, Equine Care, Doug Hannum, Nottingham, PA |
| Madison
Reeb and Idle Bells |
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CCI
* Star Team
Rider Age: 15
Hometown: Tarzana, CA
Age Started Riding: I first started riding
when I was five at a guest ranch in Arizona, and then because
I loved it so much my mom let me take lessons during the summer
in Wisconsin and finally during the year at home.
Horse Info: Idle Bells aka "Bella"
is a 13 year old gray 16.2 hand Canadian Thoroughbred.
Biography: She plays basketball for her highschool,
watches Project Runway and enjoys sculpting. Her most admired
rider is Robyn Fisher.
Best Advice Ever Given: “Stop being a
passenger, start being a rider.” Followed by “Now
it is time to stop just being a rider and start being a trainer
of your horse!”
Career Highlights:
2006 Area VI Mare of the Year – Runner UP
Twin Rivers CIC* 2nd Place
Galway Downs CIC* 4th Place
Copper Meadows PR 1st Place
Twin Rivers PR 2nd Place
Twin Rivers YR/P 3rd Place |
| Tiana
Coudray and Ringwood Magister |
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CCI
** Star Team
Rider Age: 19
Hometown: Ojai, CA
Age Started Riding: She was in third grade
and got to take lessons through the riding program at her school.
Horse Info: Ringwood Magister aka "Finian"
is a 7 year old dark gray 17 hand Irish Sport Horse.
Biography: Her hobbies include baking, singing
and anything crafty. She likes to watch So You Think You Can
Dance and her most admired rider is Andrew Hoy.
Best Advice Ever Given: “The winners always
blaze a new path to success and then the rest follow like lemmings.
DON’T BE A LEMMING!” -Heath Ryan
Career Highlights:
Ringwood Magister
2nd Place Twin Rivers Three Day Event CCI**, April 2008
3rd Place Three Day Ranch H.T. OI March 2008
3rd Place Copper Meadows H.T. OI, September 2007
1st Place- Galway Downs International Horse Trials CCI*, Nov
2007
1st Place- Twin Rivers Three Day Event and HT CCI*, May 2007
2nd Place- Galway Downs World Cup Qualifier OP, March 2007 |
| Jennie
Brannigan and Cooper |
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CCI **
Star Team
Rider Age: 20
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Why Started Riding: She wanted to!
Horse Info: Cooper is a 7 year old 16 hand
gray Warmblood.
Biography: Jennie also likes to snowboard
and dance. Her most admired rider is Yves because "he
can catch ride anything".
Best Advice Ever Given: “Trust your
instincts because they can't be taught."
Career Highlights:
Florida Three Day Event CCI** 1st Place
The Fork Horse Trials
IntermediateOIC1st Place
Red Hills Horse Trials CIC** 2nd Place
Pine Top Spring Advanced Horse Trials Intermediate YR 1st
Place
Poplar Place Horse Trials Intermediate OI 1st Place
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| Rachel
Dwyer and Catch A Star |
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Groom
Rider Age: 19
Hometown: San Luis Obispo, CA
Why Started Riding: She received a riding
lesson as a birthday gift when she turned 8.
Horse Info: Catch A Star, aka "Hoku"
is an 8 year old 16.2 hand gray Holsteiner/Thoroughbred.
Biography: Rachel also likes running, skiing,
snowboarding and watching Gossip Girl. Her most admired rider
is Jim Wofford.
Best Advice Ever Given:To not lean at fences
and "Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped"—African
proverb.
Career Highlights:
CCI** Rebecca Farms 2007, 6th Place
CCI* long
format at Galway Downs 2006, 2nd Place
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| David
Koss and Candy |
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CCI **
Star Team
Rider Age: 20
Hometown: Hailey, ID
When Started Riding: In 2001 on a horse named
Yogibear
Horse Info: Candy is a 14 year old 16.3 hand
gray Thoroughbred that likes to eat candy.
Biography: David likes riding hunting and
listens to country music. His most admired rider is Vicky
Koss.
Best Advice Ever Given: To start riding.
Career Highlights:
Completed CIC*** Rebecca Farm 2007
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| Max
McManamy and Beacon Hill |
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CCI **
Star Team
Rider Age: 16
Hometown: Ojai, CA
When Started Riding: In Vitro, Then Griffith
park pony rides, my mom even tried to keep a pony
in our backyard Venice Beach house, but the pony was too tall!
Horse Info: Beacon Hill, aka "Taylor"
is an 11 year old 17 hand dark bay Thoroughbred.
Biography: Max also likes moto-cross and
scuba diving. Her most admired riders are Gina Miles, Darren
Chiacchia and Pippa Funnel.
Best Advice Ever Given: "Keep shavings
out of my tail".
Career Highlights:
USEA Area VI Current Young Rider Area Representative.
USEA National Year End Awards, 2007
3rd place Preliminary Young Rider.
4th Place Preliminary Horse, Beacon Hill.
USEA Area VI Year End Awards, 2007
3rd place Preliminary Young Rider.
3rd Place Preliminary Horse, Beacon Hill.
United States Pony Club, 2007
Calvary Award-CCI * Long Format.
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| Chloe
McNally |
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Groom
Age: 16
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Age Started Riding: She used to drag her parents
to the pumpkin path every weekend to go on pony rides when she
was 4.
Horse Info: Lad's Night Out, aka "Hector"
is an 8 year old 16.3 hand gray Irish Sport Horse
Biography: When she isn't riding Chloe likes
photography, drawing, baking, working out, reading and singing.
Her most admired rider is William Fox-Pitt.
Best Advice Ever Given:Stick to your instincts
and believe in yourself. It is hard to fail, but it is worse
never to have tried to succeed.--Theodore Roosevelt
Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight
for your next success. -- Denis Waitley
Career Highlights:
I would say that the highlight of my year was winning the dressage
at Galway. And the fact that he hurt himself pretty badly, by
puncturing his tendon sheath four days before Twin Rivers in
April, and recovered so quickly. He then had to have another
minor surgery, but wants to go back to work, and hopefully will
be able to soon. He is such a trooper and strong guy. I am lucky
to have him be a part of my life. |
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