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I began taking my first few lessons at a small farm in Golden’s Bridge, NY. There I learned a lot about how to care for the horses, feeding, grooming, trailering, turn-out, etc. I rode Pollywog, or “Polly”, an adorable medium pony who taught me the ropes. Thanks to her, I got comfortable enough to be freed from a lead-line.

Yet, it was not until age 13, that I wanted to take this sport to the next step, learn to jump and discover the show world. At this time I began my riding career at Heritage Farm, under the tutelage of Andre Dignelli, to whom I owe much of my knowledge and success.

Wintergreen, or “Ginny”, was the first horse I ever rode. When I got her she was only 6 and still very green, so it was essentially a partnership of the blind leading the blind. However, we learned together. We started out in the children’s hunters, progressed into children’s jumper and eventually we became very competitive in the junior jumper classes.

Ginny turned out to be a wonderful show horse winning several classes with me at big horse shows on the circuit for the remaining two years before she was sold to Eliza Lane. A few months after I started with Ginny we leased Splendid Journey, or “Tiger”, an experienced schoolmaster who taught me all about the equitation division.

A year after that I leased Bob, from Missy Clark, an amazing equitation horse with whom I had a strong partnership and who furthered my education. At age 15, we bought Ginger, or “Skip”, who was just retiring from the jumper division. He was a very special horse, who, when I would give him a proper ride, would win. It was not until I began riding Skip that I became a force in the equitation division.

At about the same time, we purchased Indian Summer, otherwise known as “AA”, who was just six years old when I got him. Although I had done jumpers with Ginny, I was still relatively green at the bigger height. AA needed to be brought along as well, but he would become a winner. Always in perfect form, this incredibly careful and lightning fast horse jumped to more victories than I have ever had with any other horse.

In fact, within one year he received over 15 championships, 5 of which came from the 5 weeks he showed in Palm Beach, and others were at Devon, Young Riders, Old Salem, Lake Placid, the Catskills, the Hampton Classic and indoors, in this same year he also never had a fault in the initial round of any high junior classic! Sadly, I sold him my last junior year to Debbie Dolan-Sweeney.

A year after acquiring AA, we purchased Opus. Only five years old, Opus was very green, yet a talented jumper prospect. For the first year or so Opus trailed in AA’s footsteps, but eventually he stepped up to the plate and it was with him that I won my first Grand-Prix and numerous other victories.

As my junior years were coming to an end, it was evident that I would need to sell some of my horses. AA was on high demand, as was Skip. Timing is everything, since it was at this moment that the two best horses I will most likely ever have the honor and privilege of riding became available. Lagretto and Sampson, were purchased from one of my closest friends, Ellie Ritch, when she decided to put a close to her riding career.

This was a bittersweet moment, for I had to say goodbye to my ever-faithfuls, AA and Skip, yet there will never exist better replacements than the two horses who would then put me on the map as a grand-prix rider.