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Saturday, April 14 2012 / Published in Sidelines Feature

Five Questions for Chase Hickok

Stanford University student Chase Hickok is experiencing college at its best.  The 21 year old English major from Durham, North Carolina is focusing on her education while still riding and competing thanks to the fact that her Dutch Warmblood gelding Palermo has accompanied her to Stanford.

“I took a year off school to pursue riding, which gave me the luxury of focusing completely on dressage.  Now I’m focusing on balancing my education while still riding and competing,” Chase said.  “I’m very fortunate to have Palermo at school and I manage to sneak out for visits several times a day.  My education is extremely important to me; but riding will always be my number one passion!”

Chase described Palermo as a horse that asks a lot of his rider.  “He can get very hot but also knows when it’s time to go to work.  I’m just so fortunate to ride such an amazing horse.  He has a lot of talent for the upper level movement; but it’s up to Palermo to tell me how far and how fast we’ll go.  He’s very workman like under saddle; but is a total clown on the ground.  He absolutely loves bananas and will do anything for one!”

Chase celebrates her victory at the North American Junior Young Rider Championships. Photo by Susan Stickle

Sidelines:  Have you always ridden dressage?

CH:  I started out doing hunters and eventing and I was an active member of Pony Club for many years; but I always liked dressage the best of the three disciplines.  I also rode hunters for a while as a member of the Stanford Equestrian Team.  I love the precision that dressage requires.  Every day brings a new set of challenges; but it’s incredibly rewarding when you make even the slightest step forward.  I think to be truly successful in the dressage ring you have to build a very unique relationship with the horse.  The horse must feel safe with the rider and confident in his own ability before the rider can begin to ask the difficult questions dressage poses.  I love building the partnership with a horse. After that, the willingness of horses never ceases to amaze me.

 

Sidelines:  What do you consider your career highlights?

CH:  Getting to compete at both the North American Junior Young Rider Championships and the Festival of Champions the last two years was an honor in and of itself.  However, my career highlight has to be winning the Young Rider Individual Bronze and Freestyle Silver Medals this past year.  I also ended my Young Rider career by winning at Devon, which was a thrill and a great way to finish off the season.

 

Sidelines:  What are you doing with your career right now?

CH:  After Devon, I returned to California to complete my junior year at Stanford University.  I was excited to bring Palermo out to California and continue our training on the West Coast.  I’m really excited to take the next step and look forward to making our debut in the Young Riders Grand Prix.

 

Sidelines:  What are your riding goals?

CH:  Competing in the Brentina Cup is my immediate goal.  It’s a big jump in terms of what’s required from both the horse and rider.  I’m really enjoying working toward this goal and hope to compete again at the Festival of Champions in the Brentina Cup Division.  I would also love to bring a young horse up through the levels.  I think that’s an entirely different challenge and experience; but one that creates a very unique bond.

 

Sidelines:  Do you have fond memories from when you started riding?

CH:  I started riding when I was four and got my first pony when I was five.  He was a black and white pinto named Texas.  He was the best pony because he was very patient.  I’d fall off and he’d just stand there and wait for me to get back on, only to fall off again shortly there after.

– By Jan Westmark-Allan

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The✨April issue✨ of Sidelines Magazine is here The✨April issue✨ of Sidelines Magazine is here and we are so excited to feature three-day eventer Liz Halliday on the cover! Big thanks to photographer Melissa Fuller for the beautiful photo of Liz and Cooley Nutcracker- Liz Halliday-Sharp - HS Eventing. Liz and her horses have taken the eventing world by storm - and find out how Liz is at the top of the sport as a female eventer! As the horse world gears up for the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event 2023, it's the perfect time to enjoy our eventing issue!! We also feature eventer and woman entrepreneur Frankie Thieriot Stutes, who is not only an eventer, but also runs Athletux and FRANKIE CAMERON handbags and accessories. And don't miss our eventing story on Robert "Bobby" Costello, who will be leading the US Eventing team to the 2024 Paris Olympics- and US Equestrian has named Bobby the eventing technical advisor/chef d'equipe!! Liz, Frankie and Bobby all have GREAT stories - don't miss any of them and don't forget to get your tickets for the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day event! We are also excited to introduce you to hunter-jumper rider Casey Lorusso Smith, who is not only a talented rider but also a psychotherapist and incorporates horses into her career. If you are up for adventure, then read the story on dressage rider Priscilla Baldwin who certainly doesn't let any grass grow under her feet! We also head to the west coast to catch up with hunter-jumper trainer Jim Hagman of Elvenstar Farm, we feature beautiful art by equestrian artist Tammy Tappan, and we get to know Miranda Jones and her family. Miranda is not only an attorney who spends a lot of time in the courthouse, but she's a rider and spends lots of time riding, and is joined by her daughters also! We are excited to feature Stephanie Lightner in our Unbridled column, and don't miss our columnists George Williams, Robert R.L. Jacobs and Margie Sugarman! It's a great issue - and you can read it online, but don't forget to go to the website and order a subscription and get every issue delivered to your mailbox!! Enjoy this issue and enjoy the ride: Link in bio!!
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Marie Meyers has been around the world because of Marie Meyers has been around the world because of dressage, but it’s her farm in Moorpark, California, that has captured her heart. The farm and the business that thrives there represent Marie’s lifelong journey—a journey made up of good friends, spectacular horses and relationships made to last.

Marie was raised in Southern California, and spent her childhood playing just about every sport under the sun, but she didn’t discover riding until she was 14 years old. “I loved animals so much, so I started taking lessons. I did jumping at first, but I was very bad at that, for sure!” Marie laughed.

After some time, Marie moved on to take lessons at Foxfield Riding Academy and began riding dressage. “I fell into dressage by accident,” Marie said, “At the beginning, I thought it was extremely boring, but then I got hooked. By the time I graduated from high school, I had plans to travel to England to work for Franz Rochowansky, a former head of the Spanish Riding School.”

In 1988, Marie’s hard work paid off, and the pair was selected as alternates for the 1988 Summer Olympic Games. “They didn’t take the alternates that year, so we didn’t go to Seoul, but the experience, the training and the European Tour afterwards set me up for the 1990 World Equestrian Games in Stockholm, Sweden,” Marie said.

In addition to having success representing her country, Marie was busy with her life—marriage, a business, teaching lessons and clinics. 

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