94 SIDELINES FEBRUARY 2014
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
On the podium with
her silver medal,
Naima waves to the
crowd during the
awards ceremony at
the 2013 Adequan
FEI North American
Junior Young Rider
Championships
in Lexington,
Kentucky.
Photo by Allen MacMillan/
MacMillan Photography
Naima, riding Windbreaker 3,
took home took home three
medals from the 2013 Adequan
FEI North American Junior
Young Rider Championships.
They were members of gold
medal junior team from Quebec
and won Junior individual and
freestyle silver medals.
Photo by Allen MacMillan/MacMillan
Photography
are Dotshka and Tifé. Last, my mom has a crazy pug named Bou.
Besides riding, what other things do you like to do?
I am quite interested in the arts, be that paintings, sculptures or
performances. I also enjoy skimming through all kinds of music,
since it’s very helpful to classify and identify matching pieces for
freestyles.
If you had to pick a hero, who would it be and why?
The people I look up to the most are, to mention just two, Ghandi
and Martin Luther King Jr., but there are also many others. I think
what appeals to me so much about the aforementioned men is
that they stood up relentlessly for their cause and for other people.
About the Writer: A graduate of Purdue University with degrees in Agriculture
Journalism and Animal Science, Kim MacMillan has been writing about horses and
equestrian competition, science, agriculture, history and travel for over 30 years.
Also an accomplished photographer, she and her husband Allen own MacMillan
Photography & Media Services. They live on an 84-acre farm in Northeastern Indiana
where they raise Warmblood horses and sport ponies.
