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    "Annie" became a member of my family in December 1984.  She was two.  It seems like ancient history now, but "Annie's" still going strong.  My parents bought her for my sister to do the equitation.   And well to put it politely, they had a personality clash.  So being the younger sister who wasn't fussy about what I rode, I began my relationship with "Annie" as a teenager.  She spent many long summer days galloping through the woods of a nearby state forest.  We would go for hours at a time, occasionally barely making it back before dark.  They were fun days!

Unfortunately, "Annie" has never been the most graceful horse and she slipped on some ice one winter and fractured her leg.  Her prognosis was hopeful, but it seemed her Medal/Maclay days were over.  My sister gave her to some friends who nursed her back to health and gave her a Dressage career.

    In the fall of 1993, I got "Annie" back.  I was just starting my business and I desperately needed a lesson horse.  Annie had been a handful 5 years earlier, but she had mellowed tremendously.  She became the foundation of my program and arguably I owe my success to her.  She spent the first years back as a walk trot and low hunter horse. In 1995, we showed her in the Children's hunters and by 1997, she had a brief career as a jumper.  Today she enjoys semi-retirement doing an occasional lesson and helping keep an eye on the babies.  She's still going strong at the age of 19, and I hope I'll have many more years to share with her.

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