50 SIDELINES JULY 2014
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Roxy and NTEC Richelieu — this is Roxy’s second horse she will
show as a Grade Ia rider.
“I’m in a wheelchair now but I still go out to the barn every
day to ride my ponies just like I did before I got sick.” –
Roxanne Trunnell
para-dressage rider to an internationally ranked Grade Ia para-
dressage athlete. She and Touché qualified for the USEF Para-
Equestrian Dressage Selection Trials for the Alltech FEI World
Equestrian Games 2014 in Normandy, France. Roxy noted, “My
plans for the trials and then the Games are very simple. I plan
to train really hard and get to where I’m extremely accurate in
my tests and when it comes to show time I’m going to go out
there and ride Touché the best possible way I can. I’m thrilled to
be partaking in these events with my girl Touché. I’ve ridden her
since she was 8 years old so we have an incredible bond and
partnership.”
“We’re proud of her and willing to support her on this path,”
commented Josette. “She never complains, but smiles and finds
reward in those small things we often take for granted. She asks
for so little and yet gives us so much. I wanted to find her a place
in the world where she could be independent, self supporting and
happy. I think para-dressage is the beginning of that path. Roxy
has become a beacon of hope for others faced with life’s tragedies
and an example of what can be done by sheer determination and
undeniable love of life and horses.”
About the writer: Lindsay McCall is a lifelong hunter/jumper rider originally from
Ohio. She is a talented photographer and makes it her career to advocate for the
equestrian sport through photojournalism. Lindsay and her family own many horses
in multiple disciplines and she enjoys spending her free time with her husband,
horses and Labrador Retrievers.
