Q. What is your full name? Ashley Kay Anderson
Q. Do you have a nickname? Yes, Ash.
Q. How old are you?  11
Q. Where do you live?  Dallas, TX
Q. What is your favorite food?  Candy!!!!
Q. What is your favorite color?  Blue
Q. Do you have any lucky numbers?  Yes, 4 and 8.
Q. When you show, do you have any superstitions or lucky charms?  Well, I always wear my two bracelets with my pony's name on it and a bracelet with a horse charm.
Q. What hobbies do you have other than riding horses?  Basketball
Q. What grade are you in?  6th grade
Q. What do you want to be when you grow up?  A professional rider or trainer.
Q. How long have you been riding?  Five years, since I was 6.
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What was the name of your first pony or horse?  If you showed then, in what division did you show?

Count on Me - Small Pony Hunter
Q. Who was your first trainer?  Susan Horn - Prospering Farm
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List horses and/or ponies that you owned/showed before your current one (name, nickname, height, age, breed, color, sex, what division shown in, show highlights).

Count On Me - Louie - 12.1 hh - Welsh - White - Gelding - Getting champion overall in Texas.

Surprise Package - Stormy - 13.1 hh - Welsh - Grey - Gelding - Medium Pony Hunter

Raisin Toast - Princess - 12.2 hh - 7 years old - Welsh - Dark Bay - Small Pony Hunter - Champion in zone

Absolute Magic - Magic - 13.1 - 11 years old - Welsh - Bay - Medium Pony Hunter

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List your current horses or ponies that you own/show (include name, nickname, height, age, breed, color, and sex) and what they are like to ride.

Madam Alexander - Eloise - 14.1 hh - 8 years old - Large Ponies - Chestnut - Mare - She is the best!  She is fun to ride and is so cute!  I just got her last summer, so I am still figuring her out.
Q. What is your current trainer’s name?  Jim and Joan Hensen - Foxglen
Q. What is it about his/her training style that you like?  Everything.  They really help with what you need, and they are really nice!
Q. What is your favorite horse show? Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show/Pony Finals
Q. What is your favorite breed for a horse? Welsh
Q. What is your favorite color for a horse?  Bay
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What is the funniest or most embarrassing thing that has happened to you while showing a horse or pony?

Falling off twice in a row at my first "A" rated show.
Q. What has been your proudest moment in riding/showing? Getting an 89 in the Pony Hunter Classic.
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What are your future plans for riding?  Do you have any goals? (Grand Prix, equitation, hunter finals, qualifying, etc.)

 

My goal is to make it to Indoors.

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