76 SIDELINES DECEMBER 2011
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
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By Jan Westmark-Allan
Megan Heeder, an 18 year old
from East Lansing, Michigan, took
part in the Emerging Dressage
Athlete Program this summer with
Lendon Gray and Courtney King-
Dye. “I had great lessons over the
weekend through the Emerging
Dressage Athlete Program before
competing in the 2011 inaugural
Midwest Dressage Festival,” Megan
said. “The show was a terrifc way
to end a weekend of intensive
dressage training.”
Megan trains with Maryal Barnett,
although she currently doesn’t have
a “home barn” because she is a
freshman at the University of Notre
Dame. “The past fve summers I
have also ridden with Lendon, while
living in Bedford, New York as a
working student. Those summers
were some of the best times of my
life,” she said.
Megan began her riding career
when she was six, riding ponies
at a local stable. “After the frst
lesson I was hooked! I quit dance,
gymnastics and tennis because all
I wanted to do was ride. When I
Five Questions for Megan Heeder
Megan and Simba at the Youth Dressage Festival in New York
Photo by Marybeth Heeder
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