Written by founder Emma Mabry Ella DiFazio is an eleven year old rider from New Jersey with five and a half years of the sport under her belt. This young rider trains with Michael Dowling at Windham Hill Farm. She has two ponies, one of which she owns and one of which is a lease. Her pony is named Prince Monticello aka Prince. Ella's lease is a large pony that she shows in the large children's hunter pony division. This large goes by Pamina. "My favorite thing about riding and showing is to just be around horses. Sometimes I get to shows at 6 a.m and don't leave until 10 p.m. I don't really care that I've been stuck at a show all day because horses are something that I like." Ella noted that her friends who share the love of the sport are "supportive" of her, regardless of a good or bad round. Riding is all positivity in Ella's eyes. "As of now I see myself being around horses for the rest of my life because they make me happy. Riding is the only sport that I really liked and I wouldn't want to do any other sport." Mentioned DiFazio. Ella's riding showing goals are to be an all around better rider. Her main focus right now is the medal class. She aims to "get more points for year end awards." These awards push her to "practice even more" and "to do better [in order to] be successful." Ella's advice to other riders with hopes of riding is to just simply have fun. "Sometimes people fall off and don't want to get back on. Whenever I fall off I got back on and got my courage to be riding horses again. Now I have the excitement to be riding, catch riding or even to just be hacking a horse. Just don't be scared and you will be fine." Following up with her comment on schooling for medals, she added to "just practice, practice, practice, and you'll end up successful." DiFazio started riding when her start as a cheerleader didn't pan out to be as she had hoped. "My sister and I were [both] trying to find a sport to do at that time. [She] took a riding lesson somewhere and I knew that this is the sport I want to do. Once I started riding, I relalized that I would be riding for a long time."
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AuthorEmma Mabry is a Hunter/Equitation rider from Sonoma County. Archives
November 2016
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