Beth Young

Beth Young is in the Eastern Pennsylvania Region but she was in Santa Cruz county. She is the Chief HM Judge and a life time member of Pony Club. She has 2 horses named Che' and Serena, a border collie and hond mix named Angeline, and a cat named Bonnie. Her hobbies are gardening, making hay, scuba diving, reading, and voluntering at a theraputic riding center. Beth likes Pony Club because its so much fun getting to meet people from all over the place. She is proud of the way Pony Clubbers take care of their horses. "Even though Eventing is my favorite sport, now that I have been involved with all of them they are all my favorites." Beth says. A funny story about her is Once when she was in college some friends of hers tricked her into river rafting down the Colorado River. She went camping with them and they hid her car and said "You're coming with us." So they went rafting and their raft flipped over. She broke her hand had to fly in a small plane to the nearest hospital.

Judy Kosanovich

Judy is from the Southwest Region. She had a son in Moon valley Pony Club.
Her hobbies are to ride, eat lunch with her friends, and make jewelry. In fact, she made these little pony club earrings herself.

She has a Labrador named Boca Negra which means  black mouth in Spanish. They named Boca that because she has a black tongue. Judy also has a horse named Fozzy.
She likes Pony club because it teaches young people how to cooperate with each other and think and be kind to animals.

Mackenzie Cameron

Mackenzie Cameron is from Santa Cruz Pony Club. She is a HA traditional B. She is 20 years old. Mackenzie's pets are 4 horses, 4 dogs, 3 cats, 1 bunny, and lots of chickens. Her hobbies are School, soccer, reading, listening to music, coking, and riding of course.
A funny story about her is when she was 7 she went to India with her family. She was at a tiger preserve and she fell asleep while riding on the back of an elephant. 
"I like that Pony Club emphasises learin how to care for the horses, not just how to ride them. I like meeting all the people in riding world."

Deb Reuter

Deb Reuter is the Quiz Organizer from the Pacific Ridge Pony Club. She has one horse and 3 Welsh Corgies. " They are very cute." she says. Deb likes Eventing. She has been to Quiz 4-5 times. She sews for a hobbie.

Nancy Mac Isaac

                                                                             Quiz Queen?

Nancy Mac Isaac is from the Southwest Region and lives in New Mexico. She is the Chief HM Judge, Chair person  of the Quiz Committee, and the TD for Quiz at the East, Midwest and West Championships. She has a daughter that is a graduate HA. Nancy has an Aquatic frog named Fergus. She is special because she keeps coming back to Pony Club. Her hobbies are golf, sewing, and reading. A funny story is when Nancy was at Championships East and she got a frantic phone call from the judges saying they could not start because someone had eaten a tootsie roll from the candy jump.

Getting set up!

The first people have arrived in Woodside. They are getting the stalls set up and their horses moved in. Lots of people are walking their horses and getting them used to the place.

Different people are coming in from different places like San Diego, California and Beaverton, Oregon.

Organizers

Since it is so close to Champs, here are some pictures of the organizers so you know what they look like.

Natalie Dukes

Name: Natalie Dukes

Favorite foods: Mashed potatoes and Creme Brulee.

Like/Dislike about Pony club: I love the fact that horse management and riding exist 
simultaneously in pony club. There are so many people that think 
riding is everything, and I'm glad pony club discourages that way of 
thought. However, I dislike the little unnecessary rules and how some 
rules keep changing back and forth.

Looking forward to at Championships: I am so excited for champs! This will be my first 
time riding at champs, and second time in quiz. I am looking forward  
to bonding with my new horse even more through Champs, and learning a 
lot during quiz!

About my horse: My horse Carmina is a Swiss Warmblood/QH cross. She has such a 
unique personality and most of all loves cross country. I took her to 
a rating two days after I bought her, and decided not to use her for 
cross country because I'd never ridden outside on her. She got so mad 
when I took another horse! But when we finally did cross country 
together it was the most fun I'd ever had!

Hobbies: I really don't have much of a life outside of horses. However 
I love to write, and have almost finished my first novel(It'll be 
about 300 pages). Also I enjoy memorizing pi and making balloon animals.

Pets: None currently besides Carmina. I've never had a normal pet, 
just horses and a rabbit.

Funny story: When I was 8, I fell off during the jumping round of a horse 
show. The medic came over because my glasses had smashed into my eye. 
I found out it was the doctor that delivered me! My mom blames her for 
putting the "horse curse" on me.

Tayler Maye Ravenscroft

 

 

Name: Tayler Maye Ravenscroft

Favorite foods: What are your favorite foods?  Pork Dumplings at the Chinese restaurant

Like/ not like about Pony club: What do you like or not like about Pony Club?  Don't like the politics, LIKE the opportunities

Looking forward to in Championships:  Having fun in Quiz rally and watching my friends

About my horse: Tell me something about your horse.  Ace is a bay QH gelding and I would trust him to jump me off a cliff.

Hobbies out of horses:  What?  There is a world outside of horses??  :)  (really, I love to read)

Pets: Do you have pets?  yes, 2 dogs....a Doxie named Lilo and a tiny Poodle that my Mom calls FOO

Funny story: Tell me a funny story about yourself.  Onetime we were at a driving show and my Mom let me drive the golf cart.  I mistook the gas for the brake and drove us into a ditch that we managed to JUMP!  It was a riot!

Maya Mathur

Name: Maya Mathur

Favorite foods: Japanese udon soup, plain yogurt, applesauce, vegetable things, certain cookies
 

Looking forward to in Championships: For one thing, it will be my first mounted rally as a non-SM. Whoa...

 

About my horse: My horse, Zero Gravity, is a wonderful 14 y/o Hanoverian gelding and ex-show hunter. I do clicker training with him; he now plays "fetch" better than my dog. When he's not doing dressage, he enjoys herding cows on the trail, being ridden without a bridle, and using his hooves to splash in/break water troughs.

 

Hobbies: Making Halloween props and costumes, hiking around, jumping over things on foot, attempting to bake
 

Pets: Yep -- two African Grey parrots, two dogs, a snake, and three chickens.

Funny story: Once, at the beginning of an airplane flight, an attendant offered me water, holding up a large plastic jug to demonstrate. Instead of being normal and waiting for him to pour some into a cup, I for some reason accepted the jug. After some reflection on the incident, I of course realized my antisocial behavior. Unable to bury the enormous bottle of water in the seat back pocket, I then spent the rest of the flight with all the nearby people trying not to stare at the monstrosity rolling around on the floor in front of my feet.