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Featured Rider
Name: Amelia
Age: 14
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Primary horse’s name: Rowdy Jet Rocket (Rowdy)
Age, breed, pertinent info: Rowdy is a 16.1 hand 10 year old Quarter horse.
Level currently competing: novice
Short term goals: because i just got Rowdy a few weeks ago my main goals right now are for us to establish that connection and really start working together as a team.
Year-end goals: My year end goals are to improve my dressage, (always a challenge), get a stronger position for myself and get out there and get some experience for next year. =]
Overall goals? I would love to go to NAJYRC and get up to that level and after that.. who knows? as high as i can go i guess!!!
What’s the best thing you’ve learned recently? Any big epiphany or light-bulb moment? What are your strengths/weaknesses? Well just moving up to Rowdy, (one of my instructors compared it to going from an old farm truck to a mazarati!!) i have had to learn to relax my hips/ legs without letting them get sloppy, it is difficult but i love the challenge. =] My strength right now is actually my dressage!! (imagine that?) because unfortunatley because of mud and extreme cold/wind jumping lessons have been a little bit unpredictable.
Favorite eventing moment/story? One of my favorite things about eventing is the people, they are ,so down to earth and friendly. One of my favorite memories is of my first horse trial. The whole atmosphere was so exciting and inspiring, looking back i don’t know how i got trough it alive!! i came back not knowing what the “above the bit” written on my dressage test meant and walking back crying after show jumping because i came in second to last and a girl years younger than me won and having complete strangers come up and comfort me. Overall eventing is my life and i love it, thats all there is to say!! =]
Link to blog or website, if applicable: well here is my blog, sorry it hasn’t been updated recently…. http://ameliamair.blogspot.com/
