Memories from the Ride for Life

There were so many memorable events during this year’s Ride for Life. I want to share a few special moments from the horse show. We had a few students showing this year in addition to us all organizing the Dancing Horse Challenge.

Norma Lynn won all of her Intro classes! But the special one was the last class on Sunday when Norma Lynn and Floete had their best test ever. Congratulations Norma Lynn! It is so great coming out of the ring with this feeling!

The other really exciting class was ridden by Jennifer Foulon on Janice Alperin’s Morgan, and Shannon Zik, on her own Secret. Yes, they performed their first pas de deux! I felt like a proud parent watching both of them perform. I got all teary eyed when they nailed all their transitions. I walked out of there not caring what score they got, but thought it had to be good…………and it sure was - they got a 78%!!!!!!!!!!!! How exciting!!!

The weekend ended with a flourish as both Paulette Ziegler and Donna Fortuna each received a 64% in the Second level test 4 and placing 2nd! We were all so excited. Paulette joined us from Ohio for the whole week before the Ride for Life and came with us to the show. We had such a good time having her with us and it was great to see her rewarded for all her hard work. With that performance hopefully she had enough adrenalin to help her make the 7 hour trip home that night.