Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Spotlight on Demo Rider: Gaby Stephens

Gaby Stephens is a 12-year-old horse crazy girl! She has been riding since she was 6-years-old, but really began competitive training starting in 2005 when she started to learn dressage. Gaby and her pony, Royal Spiritual Wind (aka “Spirit”), won countless titles and awards in dressage and open shows since then, competing up to Training level. Gaby was the 2008 Reserve Junior Champion for the Central Texas Dressage Society on Spirit. Gaby and spirit then started eventing together until Gaby outgrew her. Gaby’s current mount is Doin a Dash (aka “Reckless”), an AQHA Appendix who has evented through Training level. Gaby and Reckless will be competing in Beginner’s Novice at USEA shows in the Spring and Summer of 2010.
Reckless will be teaching Gaby the ropes of upper level eventing, and concurrently Gaby will begin her Dressage career with her future upper level event dreamhorse, Demo horse Glenlord’s Laralie (aka “Lara”). Watch for this young rider and horse performing Dressage demonstration at the World Equestrian Games and beyond!

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