Rolex here we come?!

When I was about 11 or 12 years old, I was taking a lesson for the first time with an "Eventing" trainer named Elspeth Kick. At the beginning of the lesson she asked us what our goals were. I responded enthusiastically, "I'm going to ride at Rolex!" She smiled and said, "well then we have a lot of work to do!" It was a great first lesson, and I rode with Elspeth for sometime after that while she was a professor at Lake Erie College. I dreamed for a long time ( and still do) about riding in the only four star in the US.

Fate is interesting... This year I will be going to Rolex for the first time AND taking a horse-just not quite what I planned for my first ride at Rolex. I am honored to be helping to represent the Friesian breed in a demo Thursday Friday and Saturday riding Marian Shaughnessy's wonderful horse Tsjesse to a funky retro freestyle. Tsjesse has been working on his piaffe, and 1 tempis jamming out to our music, and we can't wait to bring some Friesian funk to the party! Thank you to Marian for giving me the opportunity to ride this very special horse, and to Barb Renico, Jason Tice, and FHANA for inviting us to their special demonstration at the Rolex Kentucky 3day Event!