Member Spotlight: Galina Kurzara

Age: 16
Club/Region: Metamora Hunt ll, Great Lakes Region
Years in Pony Club: 9
Current certification (and/or certification currently working on): C-2 HM, C-1 EV, C-2 FL, C-1 DR

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

Tell us about your current mount(s) and what you do with them:
My mount is Blondie, a Holsteiner-cross. I do Eventing and Dressage with her. I have been with her for 10 years and have done everything with her. I have brought her up the levels. We have an amazing bond. We have been in Dressage4Kids run by Lendon Gray.

Tell us about your goals (with Pony Club, with riding, life):
To earn an A certification in Pony Club and continue up the levels in both Dressage and Eventing. I just want to continue my riding career and keep striving for excellence. One day, I hope to ride under the Olympic and five-star lights.

What is your favorite thing about Pony Club?
All the [things] you can do and the people you meet. Pony Club has helped me a lot in so many ways.

What is one thing you would tell younger members first joining Pony Club?
Have fun with all the experiences you will have and the people you will meet.

What is your favorite way to prep for a Horse Management certification?
Studying with friends and making it fun.

If you could try out any other discipline or activity, what would it be and why?
Polo, because it seems like a lot of fun and very different from any other discipline.

Favorite Pony Club memory:
USPC Championships in 2020

The fact that it is a privilege and honor to be in a club that allows me to thrive in my equestrian career.

This Member Spotlight was originally published in the Winter 2023/2024 issue of Discover USPC magazine. Read more content from that issue.

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