won the second round. But tinues affectionately. "Which is not
in 2008, they could not be to be confused with an easy ride."
stopped, setting the stage for Charles' big body requires consider-
their victory in the LA medal, able packaging, which is an art for a
where the fended off young horsewoman who checks in at 5'5”
whipper-snappers in this 18- and 115 pounds.
and-over competition. The big wins are certainly great,
This year, she'll take anoth- but Jennifer would most likely get to
er stab at winning the whole the barn (Rainbow Canyon Ranch)
enchilada in Thousand Oaks every
at the Foxfield Adult Medal
Finals, she's also targeted the
3'6” California Professional
Horsemen's Assn. and West
Coast Equestrian medals.
Tall Order
Harold Jacky recalls that
Jennifer had a tall order to fill
when she went looking for
her latest horse. “She had a
The beneficiary of that attach- list of things she wanted in
ment for the last three years is the her next horse, that list was designed
17 hh Holsteiner gelding, Discreet, around the horse Rawshock, her first
who is known around the barn as successful show ring partner.” Har-
“Charles.” He has paid back his own- old notes.
ers devotion by helping Jennifer nail Charles doesn't look anything like
down elusive goals: in 2008 winning Rawshock, but Jennifer knew the
the LAHJA Senior Medal Finals, moment she saw him she'd found
the PCHA Amateur Medal Finals what she was looking for personal-
“I fell in love with
and the 31-and-over division of the ity-wise. “He's quiet and kind and
Foxfield Adult Medal. 2009 just saw so honest,” she explains. Originally
a Reserve Champion placing in the imported from Germany by Kathy him the minute I
CPHA Foundation Finals, 22 and Hobstetter, Charles was fairly green
over. when Jennifer bought him through
rode him and he's
Jennifer had been targeting Med- Tracy Baer's barn.
als after returning to the sport fol- “I was happy about that because I
lowing college. This year's CHPA had the chance to mold him to the never done one
Foundation Reserve Champion, and way I like to ride, which is soft,” she
the PCHA and LAHJA wins in 2008, says. “I don't like to demand things.”
thing to make me
have been especially gratifying. “For Clearly, Charles likes his petite rider's
some reason with the PCHA, there's light touch. “I fell in love with him
always been one little thing that's the minute I rode him and he's never lose that feeling.”
happened,” she relays of past out- done one thing to make me lose that
ings. In 2007, her first year contest- feeling.”
ing the PCHA with Charles, the pair “He's very comfortable to ride:
had a rail down in round one, then he's like a big couch,” Jennifer con-
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