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Olympic election trials but the Olympics was boycotted that year and so he did not have a chance to compete there.
However, he stuck with Dressage and continued to polish his style.
“I’ve kept riding all through my life because I love it and it gives me a way to support my income in a significant manner with riding, training, lessons and such,” he said. “Dressage is the sport I’m most interested in. I compete in upper level Dressage when I compete in that only. It enters an entire new realm of difficulty and incorporates collective movements which are not part of Dressage when it is part of Combined Training. Combined Training is my first love. It’s a combination of Dressage, stadium jumping and cross country. The cross country is very difficult and more demanding because although the rider has seen the course beforehand the horse never has. Dressage as part of Combined Training is easier.”
Through family connections he knew of the Ethel Walker Finishing School for young ladies in Connecticut which has an outstanding riding program. The school’s founder Ethel Walker, felt that riding horses was an essential part of a young woman’s complete education.
The school was built around 1911 and is a prep school for girls ages 6-12.
When the director’s position for the riding program there opened he learned of it and applied for it.
There were 140 candidates who applied for the job. Of those the school chose who they felt were the top eight and flew them in for search committee interviews.
Out of the top eight, two were
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