Member Spotlight: Amelia Avery
Age: 15
Club/Region: Forget Me Not Pony Club/White Mountain Region
Years in Pony Club: 6
Current Certification (and/or certification currently working on): C-2 Horse Management, C-2 Eventing, working on my H-B
What disciplines and/or activities are you involved in?
Eventing, Dressage, Show Jumping, Foxhunting, Mounted Games, Tetrathlon, Horse Management, and Quiz
If you could try out any other discipline or activity, what would it be and why?
I would try Polocrosse. It looks like fun!
Photo courtesy Julia Tallman
Tell us about your current mount(s) and what you do with them:
I have two partners, Scooter and Vigo. Vigo is a 20-year-old black Dutch Warmblood who I event at the Novice level. We have been together for four years, and we have been Eventing for three summers. We are planning to go Training level together. Scooter is a 25-year-old gray Welsh Pony. We have been together for almost six years. He was the naughty pony that taught me everything. Now we do Mounted Games together, and we went to USPC Championships East this year for Mounted Games!
Tell us about your goals (with Pony Club, with riding, and with life):
Riding and Pony Club are my life. I hope to be an A-certified Pony Club member, an upper-level Eventer, and have a career with horses.
What is your favorite thing about Pony Club?
My favorite thing about Pony Club is meeting new people who love horses.
What is one thing you would tell younger members first joining Pony Club?
Pony Club is a great way to learn how to be independent.
Photo by Sarah Evers Conrad/United States Pony Clubs
What is your favorite way to prep for a Horse Management certification?
Prepping with other people, asking each other questions from the HM sheet, and using the flash cards.
Favorite Pony Club memory:
My favorite Pony Club memory is jumping on our feet like horses after Horse Management meetings.
What makes you #PonyClubProud?
I went to a non-Pony Club horse camp and realized how much more knowledgeable I am because of Pony Club.
This Member Spotlight was originally published in the Bonus Digital issue of Discover USPC magazine. Read more content from that issue.
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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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