60 SIDELINES MAY 2012
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Photographs taken by Sheryel Aschfort
Pony Kids
Name:
Sophie Rueben
Hometown:
Weston, CT
Age:
13
Ponies:
Sundance Kid
Trainers:
Tiffany Morrissey and Leslie Kogos
Of all the ponies you’ve ridden, which is your favorite?
Probably Sundance Kid just because he’s mine!
What pony would you like to ride?
Enchanted Forest
How did you get into riding?
My grandma has been
riding for 29 years and when I was a little kid she took
me to the barn with her and I fell in love with the horses.
Eventually she started to give me pony rides and I was
hooked
What is your favorite horse show?
WEF
What was the high point in your riding career?
Going
to WEF, renting a pony and after four days of riding the
pony, entering in the large children’s hunters and getting
7th and 8th against people who have been riding their
ponies for years.
What was the low point?
Having a perfect round at
WEF, then at the last jump in the Children’s Hunter’s,
chipping, taking me from a great ribbon, to no ribbon.
Who are your Equestrian Idols?
McLain Ward and
Beezie Madden
Other than riding, what do you do?
I play soccer and
like to run track. I also play basketball in the winter.
What are your plans for the future?
I’d like to create
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Do You Want To Be
A Pony Kid?
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Name:
Hometown:
Age:
Ponies:
Trainers:
Of all the ponies you’ve ridden,
which is your favorite?
What pony would you like to
ride?
How did you get into riding?
What is your favorite horse
show?
What was the high point in your
riding career?
What was the low point?
Who are your Equestrian Idols?
Other than riding, what do you
do?
What are your plans for the
future?
and run a charity that enables less fortunate kids to ride. It
would be rewarding to see them grow and learn from what
horses teach about confdence and can experience the
emotional connection a human can have with a horse.
Name:
Isabel Ryan
Hometown:
Locust Valley, NY
Age:
12
Ponies:
Land’s End Eros, Rolling
Stone, Roll Call and Hilcrest Kilkenny
Trainers:
Stacey Schaefer
Of all the ponies you’ve ridden, which
is your favorite?
Land’s End Eros
What pony would you like to ride?
Swingtown
How did you get into riding?
My
grandmother is a grand prix dressage
rider and my mom rides in the adult
hunters.
What is your favorite horse show?
My favorite show is Pony Finals.
What was the high point in your
riding career?
I was Reserve
Champion at Pony Finals, Capital
Challenge and the Hampton Classic in
the small pony hunters.
What was the low point?
I don’t
know…I’ve had two amazing pony
years!
Who are your Equestrian Idols?
McLain Ward
Other than riding, what do you do?
Other than riding: I go to school, play
basketball and work on my Facebook
Page: A Circuit Pony Trivia
What are your plans for the future?
The Large Pony Hunters!
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