Q.

What is your full name?

Anna Karina Seegers

Q.

Do you have a nickname?

Anna

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Where do you live?

Dallas, Texas

Q.

Do you have any lucky numbers?

None.

Q.

When you show, do you have any superstitions or lucky charms?

None.

Q.

What hobbies do you have other than riding horses?

Unfortunately none.

Q. What college/university did you attend? University of Asia and the Pacific
Q. What field do you work in? Banking & Finance
Q. What would be your dream job other than your own? Own a top class riding facility and farm for horses and possible rescue facility.
Q. Would you like to have your own barn and/or ride professionally? Yes.

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How long have you been riding?

Since I was eight years old (19 years).
Q. Does your family come with you to shows? When I was little.  They now live across the world.

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What was the name of your first horse?  If you showed then, in what division did you show?

First horse - Princess

(Level 2) At Manila Polo Club, Philippines

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Who was your first trainer?

Mang Bert, BF Homes, Paranaque Philippines

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List horses that you owned/showed before your current one (name, nickname, height, age, breed, color, sex, what division shown in, show highlights).

Princess - 15.3 hh - 13 years old - Grey - Mare (Breed Unknown) - Level 2's

BIP - 16.1 hh - 16 years old - Black - Gelding (Belgian Warmblood) - Level 0

Q.

List your current horses that you own/show (include name, nickname, height, age, breed, color, and sex) and what they are like to ride.

CHF Ever After - 16 hh - 6 years old - Bay - Mare - Thoroughbred - Level 0, 1, 2

She is very easy on contact and is sensitive to your legs.

She is very smart, honest and very willing to learn.

She is now just competing in Level 3 with my trainer.

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What is your current trainer’s name?

Celine Burch with Chantilly Farm

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What is it about his/her training style that you like?

She is very energetic, dedicated, and rides our horses to their potential.

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What is your favorite horse show?

None yet.
Q. What classes would you like to see more of at horse shows? FEI Grand Prix's - Young Horse Classes (5 years, 6 years, 7 years) - FEI classes for Level 4's and up, especially in Texas.
Q. Do you show out of state? Not yet, but I am planning to.

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What is your favorite color for a horse?

Black

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What is your favorite breed for a horse?

Warmbloods - Belgian Warmblood, Dutch Warmblood, Zangersheide, Westphalan, Hanoverian

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What is the funniest or most embarrassing thing that has happened to you while showing a horse or pony?

My saddle rotated because the girth was loose and I fell.

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What has been your proudest moment in riding/showing?

Every time we did better than the last time.

Q.

What are your future plans for riding?  Do you have any goals? (Grand Prix, equitation, hunter finals, qualifying, etc.)

 

Grand Prix - Go international for the Philippine team - World Equestrian Games - Olympics

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