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What is your full name?

Brita Wallace

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Do you have a nickname?

Burrito

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How old are you?

18

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Where do you live?

Austin, Texas

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What is your favorite food?

Rice Krispy Treats

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What is your favorite color?

Burgundy and Lime

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Do you have any lucky numbers?

No

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

No

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What hobbies do you have other than riding horses?

Scrapbooking

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What grade are you in?

12th

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What do you want to be when you grow up?

Orthodontist

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How long have you been riding?

7 Years

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

Plump Perfection (Bitsy) - Medium Pony Hunter and Pony Equitation

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Who was your first trainer?

Toni Bruns

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

Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust (Pixie) - Liver Chestnut Roan - Large Pony - 7 year old Mare - Quarter Pony - Didn't really show.

Brownland's Magic Carpet Ride (Abu) - Fleabitten Grey - Gelding - 11 year Old Gelding - 1/2 Welsh - Showed in the Pony Hunters.

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

Belvedere - Fleabitten Grey - 16.2 hh - 11 year old Gelding - Belgian Warmblood.  Showing in Large Junior Hunters.  He is so fun to ride and is very bold and willing to make up for my mistakes

Thelwell - Bay with chrome - 16.3 hh - 6 year old Gelding - Dutch Warmblood - Children's Hunter.  He is sweet and brave.  He'll jump anything.

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What is your current trainer’s name?

Glenn Johnson and Kirk Berlin @ Switch Willo Stables

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

They don't let you ride around with bad habits and let you know what you are doing wrong.  They really want their riders to be successful.

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What is your favorite horse show?

Pin Oak

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What is your favorite color for a horse?

Bay

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What is your favorite breed for a horse?

Belgian/Dutch Warmblood

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

When I was schooling, I didn't tighten my girth.  So when I stepped out for a lead change, the saddle flipped off and I followed it.

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What has been your proudest moment in riding/showing?

When I'm consistent.

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

 

To have fun and go as far as I can with it.

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