This week the Equestrian portion of the Special Olympics World Games are taking places at the L.A. Equestrian Center. I've been lucky enough to be there from the very start when all the set up was taking place, to the arrival of the athletes, matching of athletes and horses, and the start of the competition. The wonderful Zotti that I ride was matched up with a great athlete from France. It'll be awesome to see how they do this week. A reporter from the Burbank Leader came ou

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On February 15, 2015 I had my second equestrian horse vaulting competition. My teammates and I from Valley View Vaulters headed out to Norco to compete in the "Carnival in Norco". This was my second competition and I was showing in 4 different classes. I was supposed to be using Waldmeister, but he was lame as he was limping on his left front leg. In all truth, I think he was copying me. The previous week at practice my left leg developed a big bruise and started to swell. H

Earlier I wrote about my time at the Region 1 Championships. I just received video of all five of my classes and thought I'd share it with you all. The video goes through all my classes on both the barrel and the horse so you can see what I was required to perform. Remember that I had never been on this horse before, and even the barrel was different than the one that we use. The material was very slippery. Awesome competition and couldn't be with a better team to support

On October 25, 2014 I competed in the Amercian Vaulting Association's Regional Championships at Mojave Crossing. We arrived the day before expecting to get some practice time in and familiarize ourselves with the arena, but as I was about thirty minutes away from the hotel I received a text message from one of my teammates saying we had no horses. I thought it was a joke, but I soon found out he wasn't kidding. Our coaches tried to leave the day before, multiple times, but

On Sunday, October 12, 2014 my vaulting club, Valley View Vaulters was invited to participate in a demo at the 21st Annual KECSA Event at the Hansen Dam Equestrian Center. The Kiwanis Club of Warner Center and the volunteers from the former Special Olympics crew put on a wonderful day that allowed individuals who had been practicing all year at their respective Southern California Therapeutic Riding Programs to compete in various classes. I showed in three classes throughout

Hi there!! So I've been asked to put together a website/blog for a while now and I figure there's no time like the present =) If you read my Bio then you already know a little bit about me. Right now I'm in the midst of training hard for an upcoming horse show on Sunday and a vaulting demo the same exact day for the Special Olympics/Kiwanis. Two weeks later I have my first big Regional Competition in Nevada for vaulting. I'm competing in 5 parts of the competition: individua