1st Riding lesson with Mom ShowBiz Featured PROFESSIONAL Q & A
CORINNE BEVIS SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
SB: Where were you born? When and why did you come to Cali- fornia? Tell us a bit about your family. CB: I was born in Kodiak, Alaska. I moved to California in sec- ond grade but continued to go back to Alaska to visit my dad, a commercial fisherman until I was 16. We lived in Northern California briefly before ending up in the Monterey Bay area, where my mom and step-dad still live with one of my brothers, Quinn. My other brother, Sam and his wife Alex, live less than a mile from my parents. I’m the only one in my immediate family that rides, or even
likes horses. My mom still has a hard time understanding that horses need NEW shoes every six weeks!! Even so, she was very supportive driving me to the barn almost every day when it was 45 minutes away. My Grandmother and one of my aunts rode on the east coast, so I guess I got my love from them.
SB: A bit about your show history and work history. CB: I started riding when I was 9. I spent a month in Florida with my grandmother then and took almost every kind of lesson there was (tennis, piano etc). When I got back to California the only thing I wanted to continue was riding. I think I’m different from a lot of trainers because I don’t have
Corinne and Well Suited 1st Horse Show
a huge long list of accomplishments as a junior. I spent a lot of time at a local barn where we did one-day shows and got the basics down. When I started showing on the A circuit I had the opportunity to ride and work for Benson Carol, Penny Whaler and I rode with Dick Widger for a short time, then went away to school. I was fortunate to spend a couple summers showing and working under Dave Pelligrini and Kelly Mullins in Tennessee. Since becoming a professional I have been really lucky to have guidance from so many top trainers; it surprised me how nice and willing everyone was to ride, clinic, offer advice, help in gen- eral if you just ask. Christa Endicott was especially helpful when it came to the ponies. I credit her, and of course Mitch, with a lot of our success in the pony rings last year. I never really wanted to be a trainer, it just sort of happened. I
was set up to attend law school, but now I could never imagine doing anything else!!
SB: How do you run your barn? CB: We use a lot of white boards and a lot of text messages to keep things running smoothly!! I am fortunate to have a fantas- tic team. Megan Hoeffliger has worked as a full time assistant for three years and Lexi Wedemeyer has been here for just over a year. I think the three of us have a very good system. In ad- dition I also have a full time office assistant who takes care of
Kathy
Christensen, Corinne Bevis and Corinne’s mom, Nan Murphy
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