Q. What is your full name? Emily Helena Savage
Q. Do you have a nickname? Em
Q. How old are you?  11
Q. Where do you live?  Austin, TX
Q. What is your favorite food?  Spaghetti
Q. What is your favorite color?  Blue
Q. Do you have any lucky numbers?  1
Q. When you show, do you have any superstitions or lucky charms?  No
Q. What hobbies do you have other than riding horses?  Volleyball
Q. What grade are you in?  6th
Q. What do you want to be when you grow up?  Trainer/Barn Owner
Q. How long have you been riding?  Almost Four Years
Q.

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

Locomotion (Mocha) - Beginner & Pony
(I still have him)
Q. Who was your first trainer?  Liz Barrow
Q.

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).

Joe Millionare (Joe) - Palomino Pony - Gelding - Special Beginner

Danny Boy (Danny) - Chestnut Pony - Gelding - Special Beginner                        
Q.

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.

Locomotion (Mocha) - 14.0 h.h. - Quarter Horse Mix - Dun Gelding.  He is very faithful and loving and will do whatever you ask.  He is also a little crop shy.  Age unknown (Estimated age is 12.)

April - Appaloosa Mare - 15.2 h.h. - Dapple Grey.  She is my old companion horse - 23 Years Old

Q. What is your current trainer’s name?  Kirk Berlin
Q. What is it about his/her training style that you like?  Persistent
Q. What is your favorite horse show? Christmas Show
Q. What is your favorite color for a horse?  Dun/Roan
Q. What is your favorite breed of horse? I don't have a favorite.
Q.

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

About two years ago, when I was still in Special Beginner, on my courtesy circle I apparently pointed his nose out the end date and he trotted right out!
Q. What has been your proudest moment in riding/showing? When Mocha won the Beginner Hunter U/S out of 29 horses.
Q.

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

 

I would love to go to Pony Finals and then go on to Jumpers eventually.

 

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