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says Hillary. “If she makes a mistake you can almost count on her not to make it again.” Hillary points out, “She and Quincy never signed up for this—the three of us have grown up through the ranks together. She is the perfect mix of brave, scopey and careful. The Falsterbo Derby (in Sweden), which we won, was our first derby. We’d never done a slide-down bank before.” At home, says Hillary, “She’s a sweet girl. Her ears are


always up, and she always tries to steal hay from the other horses. She’s so spoiled and she’s definitely one of the barn favorites; she’s queen of the barn. She’s very docile and quiet, but when it’s time to compete she turns the switch.” Riders often say that there is a special bond with mares


and Hillary agrees, “It’s definitely different riding a mare. Quincy is old faithful, I can always count on him; I did all my big firsts with him. But Corlett, when you know she’s that much on your side and she likes you, it’s a really special bond. She’s not a horse for everyone—she likes to be left alone and ridden without too much hand or leg. There’s a difference riding her. The same can probably be said about stallions also.”


QUINCY B The horse that has played the most integral part in Hillary’s meteoric rise is Quincy B, a 14 year-old Holsteiner gelding by Quidam de Revel out of a Lagos mare. She’s had him for about six years now.


over the bigger tracks, and he tries more than a hundred percent every time. You’d never believe he can jump a 1.60 meter track the way he does.” Hillary finds her superstar nearly perfect. “Being


a Quidam du Revel offspring, he does have a French mouth—but that’s the worst you can say about him,” she says. “He’s in his prime and very simple to ride at this point in our partnership. He is smaller than most horses and that’s really the only thing you’d want to change about him, but he has such heart he doesn’t need to be 17 hands. He’s as brave as they come.” Early on, Hillary and Quincy won the Prix de States for


Juniors team and individual gold. “To start in the juniors and take me this far is mind blowing,” she says. He and Corlett have both performed way past our expectations. The week before the Prix de States I got my first equitation finals ribbon on him in the jumper formatted eq finals, with George Morris judging—who’s now my chef d’equipe! Quincy never stops amazing us. I’m lucky to have such spectacular horses and friends.”


MARLO A big gray mare, Marlo is a 13-year-old KWPN by Corland. “She’s a bony, big horse,” describes Hillary. “She’s 17.2 and my others are all just over or under 16 hands. She’s got a lot of blood and for a big horse she’s very quick. She’s tricky because she’s hot, but she likes a little supporting leg. I don’t think I have as much of a bond with her as with Corlett, since I’ve had Corlett forever. However, I think she’s the most special mare I’ll have the privilege to ride. But the two mares are similar in their sensitivity, even though they are quite different horses.”


Both Quincy and Corlett came from Sheila Burke, an old student of Missy Clark’s. “They came to us because they were a little quirky,” says Hillary. “Corlett tried to run out the in-gate, while Quincy would stand in one place and bounce up and down. That’s when they were young, though. Now they are totally with the program.” “Quincy is like a puppy dog; he’s very calm and sweet


and easygoing,” she continues. “He’s got so much heart: he’s only 15.2 ½ hh, but he sure has a lot of power, as small as he is. He has a big springy gallop that helps him


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Marlo had done some smaller grand prix’s with Danielle


Torano before Hillary purchased her two years ago. “She’s been a good horse for me,” Hillary says. “We’ve had a couple grand wins together and she was a nice addition to the group.”


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