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Hilscher of Woodville brought her daughter Emily, a 14-year-old Rappahannock High School student, to ride at Moody’s stable.
When Emily was eight, she was riding at another stable and fell off and broke her arm. Beth wouldn’t let Emily ride anymore but Emily kept pestering her mother for two years. Beth heard about Moody through a friend and Emily started taking lessons at Moody’s riding school.
Emily rode at Moody’s for two years and then Moody took her hilltoping with the Warrenton Hunt. (Moody says many people misunderstand the term “hilltopping.” This is a group of people who ride separate from the main pack of hounds and horses who gallop through the woods and leap over fences at a speed not meant for the faint of heart nor the inexpert rider. Moody says to hilltop you still need adequate skills to control your horse at any speed.)
Moody taught Emily jumping skills and after four years said she started pony racing. She has raced at the Gold Cup and the local hunt club races.
“I am moving up to junior horse races next year and Moody is going to help me with that,” says Emily.
She and her mother keep two horses at Moody’s stable: Luigi and Flojack.
“We would never take our horses anywhere else unless we had to,” she say. “It’s not like show riding where you get all dressed up and have to be in one position. He teaches you how to ride and how to be safe. And we love Moody to death and that is why we go there.”
Moody’s fort}) is training people to fox hunt “It is one of the greatest sports, “ he says.
To participate you need to be a decent rider. Riding downhill fast is
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