With Burghley last week, we missed our regular Friday Lower Level Rider Profile. To make up for it, we bring you a special Wednesday edition of LLRP! If you would like to be featured in an upcoming profile, please fill out the Questionnaire and email it to [email protected]. Thanks again to all our participants!
FEATURED RIDER:
Name: Cindy Wood
Age: 49
Location: Newark, MD
Primary horse’s name: Unbelievable “Lee”
Age, breed, pertinent info: 8yr conn/tb gelding by Erin Go Bragh out of Goldrock by Rockpoint
Level currently competing: preliminary
Short term goals this spring/summer: better up the flatwork in preparation of him moving up to intermediate
Year-end goals: accomplished the 2010 goal by wining the P3D at VAHT in May finishing on the dressage score! doesn’t get any better than that 🙂
Overall goals? See how far he can go, will be placed with Carol Kozlowski for that goal, I am a permanent prelim and below rider.
What’s the best thing you’ve learned recently? That you can condition a horse on flat ground and be successful at it (won best conditioned at VAHT)
Any big epiphany or light-bulb moment? Ride the horse you have today!
What are your strengths/weaknesses? not enough time in the saddle and far away from good instruction.
Favorite eventing moment/story? Watching the 1978 World Championships in Lexington KY and deciding that I wanted to do a 3 day sometime, took me 30 years but I did it, with a homebred, that is very special!
“Lee” has a special story in that his mother colicked when he was a day old and required surgery, therefore he came home and was raised as an orphan foal with the help of a pony mare named “Pantyhose” and my husband and I bucket feeding him. I have done all the riding and training of him and he is the perfect amateur horse in that he takes care of me as I have taken care of him, it was very hard not to go to fast with him as he was so willing and capable of the questions asked, He has been described as a young horse with an old soul, as you can tell I love him and I am looking forward to see how he does with Carol!
