FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
SIDELINES OCTOBER 2011 43
Charlotte Jacobs
was the winner of the very competitive High
Junior Jumper Classic, at the Lake Placid Horse Show, with a
double clear effort aboard Karonda V Schl’Hof CH. The duo
also won a second High Junior Jumper Class earlier in the
week. Congrats Charlotte!
Photo by James Parker/Kathy Russell, The Book LLC
Gabi Thompson
, of Nashville, Tennessee, was Champion in the
Child/Adult Jumpers at the Brownland Farm Show in Franklin,
Tennessee. Gabi trains with Haley and Travis Lubow and cruised
to victory aboard Hilton, owned by David Wright. Gabi and Hilton
also won the speed class.
Photo courtesy of Gabi Thompson
Morgan Spatz
, a member of the Sundance Pony Club, and her
pony Gina recently took part in the Pony Club Festival at the
Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington Kentucky. It was the frst time
for Morgan and Gina, both 12-years-old, to visit the Horse Park.
Morgan, who has a D-3 rating with Pony Club, rescued her cute
pony. Congratulations to Morgan for giving Gina a new life and
success in the Pony Club!
Photo by Misti Wes
Megan Heeder
of East Lansing, Michigan, 18, and Simpatico,
a 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding formerly owned by Dressage
for Kids, recently participated in the Emerging Dressage Athlete
Program at Hampton Green Farm in Fruitport, Michigan as well
as the frst Youth Dressage Festival held in the Midwest. Megan
and Simba, trained by Maryal Barnett and Lendon Gray, won the
“Sixteen and Over” division and were crowned Grand Champions
of the Festival. Congratulations Megan, we look forward to
watching you do great things in your dressage career!
Photo by Cynthia Essig