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By JANE BANGLEY
Rappahannock Ncwi Staff Writer
Isabel Ford began riding horses when she was 10 years old, but she was not very interested in riding because her instructor only took her on trail rides she termed “boring.” Then her family found out about fox hunting and riding in Rappahannock. They moved here, Isabel began taking riding lessons from Moody Aylor and she was no longer bored; she was scared.
“Mr. Aylor started teaching me when I was 11, and I was scared with him at first,” Isabel said. “I was scared of going up and down hills so I would scream for awhile.”
That was three years ago, though, and Isabel is now doing much more than riding up and down hills. “I always knew what to do when I was riding on hills, but now I do it right,” Isabel said. After mastering hills, Isabel began learning to master the art of jumping.
Isabel, who is 14 and attends Wakefield School, is working with two “green” horses to teach them jumping skills while she learns herself. One of the horses, a palomino named Stormy that belongs to her mother, is shaping up nicely and Isabel has plans to begin riding him in shows later this summer.
Isabel’s horse is a chestnut named Sis that she has had for a year. Du. .ng the last fox hunting season, Sis displayed an unnerving tendency to become excited. “She just wanted to run and jump,” Isabel said. “I still have a lot of work to do with her.”
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