taken her to the top of the equitation charts and at Ther- mal, during the Parade of Champions, she was awarded the SHALANNO Style of Riding Award. This prestigious award is presented to the young Jumper rider who best exemplifies the American style of equitation as modeled by Olympic medalists Joe Fargis, Conrad Homfeld, and George Morris. “Lucy’s mind is exceptional when it comes to what it takes
to be tops in the show jumping sport,” said Dick Carvin. “Of all the young ones I have seen, she could be the next Beezie Madden, Laura Kraut, Mclain Ward for the United States. She is the closest I see as epitome of the young gen- eration coming along to be the top representatives of the USA sport. Her discipline, her commitment and teach abil- ity can only be out done by her unusual knack of looking at the sport, analyzing it and setting her determination path to simply wrapping whatever she sees up in her psyche. Her mind is perfect for this sport, she has an amazing head on her shoulders and is unflappable. She has it all!!” When her interest matured to upper level jumpers, at Ar-
chie’s suggestion the addition of the trainers Dick Carvin and Susie Schroer seemed natural. Gold Medal wins at the Young Rider Championships, Champion in the 2009 Eu- ropean Youngster Cup competition, Gold Medal Team member at the Buenos Aires Nations Cup event last fall are just a small taste of her top accomplishments while with the Meadow Grove barn. Between Brookway and Meadow Grove, these trainers and mentors, her basics became sec- ond nature, her approach to successful competing was for- malized, winning became a part of her every day showing. Spending part of last summer in Germany riding and competing with Meredith, she got an extended taste of the European approach to competing. Riding at that level with another lady, especially one of Meredith’s caliber, seems to have had immense influence in the already focused, driven Lucy. The two get along well and there is a palatable mutual respect. A fine tuned relationship between rider and coach. Add to that Lucy’s mother, Kelly, and you have a wonder-
ful combination of a group of ladies working together at a common goal. Toss a couple of men into the mix, Mer- edith’s husband Marcus along with Lucy’s father George, and the result is obviously a well balanced group. Her horses are quite exceptional and anyone who has had
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kicking, bucking and very opinionated, often refusing to go forward for a moment. Instead of fighting with him she has clearly settled into the fact that once he gets in the “go” mode he is a wondrous talent. Good thing the riders have that 45 seconds to get started, on occasion she uses every bit of it. Hannah, on the other hand, is quite the lady but has an ex-
plosive jump. Working together for the last year, horse and rider are figuring it all out and have become one of those pairs that are always knocking on the door of the win, and getting there pretty often as evident at Thermal. Of the four Grand Prix’s Lucy won, the horses flipped
a chance to watch her compete can clearly see they are each very different. Nemo is a wild kind of guy who expresses his opinion at every given opportunity and knows when he can and when he can’t be silly. Lucy has accepted the fact that when he comes into the ring he is ornery, feisty, wild,
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floppy their finish at the top of the chart. First she won on Nemo, then Hannah, then Hannah again and finally Nemo was the ride for the $200,000 Lamborghini Grand Prix that finished the Desert Circuit. Keeping the cool of a seasoned veteran, this young talent smoked the field as she raced across the finish line for the win. Currently stable with, and is trained at home by Gabby
Salick, the future includes all of her extended trainer entou- rage, Gabby, Meredith, Marcus and Archie. With that mix of knowledge and talent behind her, the sky is the limit in this sport of this young lady.
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