FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
SIDELINES APRIL 2013 129
Cathy laughs that her daughters have “the
horse show bug” and have been showing
the past couple of years. Celia, their oldest
daughter, recently started showing in small
ponies on the USEF circuit. “I think the frst time
we put Celia on a horse she was eight months
old,” said Cathy. “Boy she sat right up there
and when we went to take her off she cried.”
The family’s love for horses and business
keeps them on their toes. Cathy says they are
always trying to have fun exhibitor events and
are always coming up with new themes for
awards. “It’s tough to sit down week after week
and totally reinvent yourself for each event and
come up with something new that you don’t
think they’ve seen before.”
Well, the Crams must be doing something
right because each year they increase their
base of competitors more and more and they
continue to see competitors work their way
through the PSJ cycle.
“...We have people starting on the PSJ circuit
and they work their way all the way through as
a junior aging out into the amateur divisions or
an adult amateur going into the amateurs at
3’6”. Sometimes you won’t see them for a little
while or they’ll go to just the A shows. But, as
soon as that particular horse sells or its career
might change and they move on to another
horse you see them back at the PSJ circuit.”
About the writer: Dani Moritz is a senior at William Woods
University and is a writer/producer and creative director
for RateMyRiding.com. She is also the 2012 American
Horse Publications Student Award Winner and a staff writer
for Sidelines Magazine.
Elizabeth, and Run for the Roses, and Celia, and Helicon Abbey Road, champions
at the Historic Aiken Horse Show in Hitchcock Woods.
Photo by Cathy Cram