Dear Kathy,
I enjoyed the premiere issue of your magazine so much, particularly
the “Featured Professional” article on John French. I do not know John
F but he has long been one of my favorite riders. You provided such great
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insight into an interesting and obviously compassionate person. Looking
forward to reading more about the personalities and philosophies of the
E professionals we see riding and training at show after show.
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Best wishes for the continued success of Show Biz!
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Sincerely,
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Michelle Hale
We’d love to hear from you! Please send us
Phoenix, AZ
your feedback to califshowbiz@aol.com. Please
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include “Dear Kathy” in the subject line.
Follow up...
Autograph Sessions
Last issues Autograph Session was, in part, about a young lady
who follows the riders...her idols. Her name is Kristen Garrett and she
is actually 14 years old. She rides at a local San Diego barn, North
Coast Equestian Park, with Gretchen Davis her longtime instructor.
Banjo, a 17h white Warmblood, and Noodles, a 15h bay Argentine
Thoroughbred, are available for her to ride in her weekly lessons and
occasionally show. At a recent show she won 2 classes, a nice start in
the show ring.
Her goal of preparing for her future includes an opportunity to work
at NCEP as an instructor’s assistant. In June, 2007, Kristen began an
internship at Ivey Ranch in Oceanside assisting moderately to severely
handicapped children in their therapeutic riding program.
Her quote for other riders...“Some people on the outside do not see or
understand the beauty within a horse that only riders can see”.
In Bernies Opinion...
“We have an opportunity to
the International level and that will
we must not stop there, our sights have
work together as an industry and seek
filter uphill to the Super League Tours,”
to be higher if we really want to be in
formulas to develop riders with their
Bernie continued.
the International arenas.”
sights set high,” said Bernie Traurig
“Riders who are well mounted fight
“We have the riders, we have the
recently. “The country is thin as far
for it and are committed to excellence.
horses, we have the owners and now we
as horse/rider combinations at the
Believing in yourself first, selling
get to raise our sights way up. Richard
International level. The east coast is
yourself to sponsors and owners,
Spooner is one example. He has never
thin and the west coast is thinner. The
setting your sights on the 1.60m classes,
wavered from his vision of bringing
industry as a whole needs to put our
disciplining yourself to be continually at
the west coast to the International
best efforts toward developing depth.
your best and then you have to produce
podium and from his results in Europe
The question is, ‘What is the formula?’
results.”
this year he is achieving that vision.
We have to find it! The effect of those
“There are two ways to qualify, the
His representation of the west coast
efforts will assist riders to success on
computer list is the objective one and
is clear all over the world…we can and
the other is the subjective selection. It is
do produce winners. I invite all jumper
hard to be one of the subjective choices
riders on this coast to get on board his
if you are 30th on the computer list,”
world wide vision,” Bernie ended.
Bernie went on. “The reality is that we
must accept it is a choice and make the
Bernie is George Morris’s Associate Chef d’Equippe
effort to do bigger shows, both here
and was recently appointed Co-Chairman of the
and outside of this coast. We must not
USEF High Performance Committee with Anne
be satisfied with 1.45m or 1.50m horses.
Kursinski. If you would like to contact Bernie, please
email califshowbiz@aol.com. Please include “For
Yes, it is nice to win those classes but
Bernie” in the subject line.
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