A young girl walking beside her horse.

Member Spotlight: Taryn Lesoine

Age: 10

Club/Region: Pleasant Ridge Farm Pony Club Riding Center/Eastern Pennsylvania Region

Years in Pony Club: 3

Current certification (and/or certification currently working on): D-3 HM, D-3 EV

A young girl tacking up her horse with her instructor watching.
Photo courtesy of Katie Lesoine

What disciplines and/or activities are you involved in?
Eventing, Dressage, and Quiz

Tell us about your current mount(s) and what you do with them:
My pony is Aghy (Mr. Pumpkin Pie). He is my first horse, and I have had him for two years. He is a chestnut Quarter Horse/Paint Horse-cross. He LOVES being outside and especially loves cross-country.

Tell us about your goals (with Pony Club, with riding, life):
I want to be a professional horse trainer. I want to get as far as possible with Pony Club and use what I learn when I have my own business.

What is your favorite thing about Pony Club?
I love riding and doing rallies with my friends.

What is one thing you would tell younger members first joining Pony Club?
Have fun, but you need to understand you will work hard. Pony Club isn’t about just showing up. You need to be able to be a person who also works well on a team.

What is your favorite way to prep for a Horse Management certification?
I like using review games to study.

A young girl riding her horse with someone walking beside her.
Photo courtesy of Katie Lesoine

If you could try out any other discipline or activity, what would it be and why?
Show Jumping…because it is the closest to cross-country.

Favorite Pony Club memory:
Getting first place at EPA Quiz Rally!

What makes you #PonyClubProud?
I have been learning a lot, and I love to help others learn, too.

Is there anything else you would like to tell us?
I love Pony Club!

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The United States Pony Clubs, Inc. (USPC or Pony Club) is the largest equestrian educational organization in North America. Started in 1954, the organization has developed curriculum that teaches safe riding skills and the care of horses through mounted and unmounted lessons. Through Pony Club, members have fun with horses and make lifelong friends while they develop skills, habits, and values that extend well beyond the barn and last a lifetime. Many members apply what they have learned in the USPC program successfully in their careers, educational and volunteer opportunities, and other life pursuits.

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