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Challenges In The Horse World - School Essays

Challenges In The Horse World

I have been riding horses for fifteen years and during this time I have had much success but I have also had my share of roadblocks. I have always wanted to be a grand prix rider, and have trained in many areas of the equestrian disciplines since the age of three. The grand prix classes are categorized under the jumper discipline: jumps are five feet high and can be at least five feet wide. As a hunter rider, I spent four years showing in the three-foot-three division with different young horses. Despite the many successes I experienced, I never moved to a higher division. I began to wonder if my dream would ever come true. I knew I rode well, but wondered if that was well enough to one ...

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and get back to jumping courses. Because of our love for the sport, we equestrians do not always follow doctors' orders. For example, the week after I had started riding again, my trainer built an eighteen-inch fence so that I could be jumping again. I had overcome my first obstacle but there was still another that I would have to face.
Another setback that I encountered happened at a horse show in Wellington, Florida. I participated in a clinic taught by Olympic silver medalist show jumper, and Olympic trainer, George Morris. I chose to participate because the jump height, advertised at three-foot-three, was a height I was comfortable jumping. When I arrived, the jumps were set at the advertised height. Even though the jumps were a height that I was familiar with, I knew the clinic was still going to be difficult with challenging obstacles. However, as soon as we started jumping, George raised the fences to four foot six. Not only were these jumps higher than I thought they ...

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