February
2010
Alaina Mckenzie
How lucky I am in to be involved in POAS! Lucky to have met
so many friends, lucky to have traveled to so many fun places,
lucky to be able to ride HMH Super Sox, lucky to have had
my sister Allison train Sox for me, lucky to have my brother
Alex help with anything I needed, and lucky to always have
the support of my sister Ashley.
Last year was an unbelievable year. I got to travel with
my friends Kinsey Fling and Elizabeth Morgan. We first went
to the Eastern Classic, laughed for 12 hours in the truck
and ended up all winning highpoints. How lucky were we! Then,
since it was Lizzie’s last year, we hit the Midwest
regional, the Rocky Mountain Regional, and the Western Classic.
We truly were
lucky by having such a great time and as a bonus both of
us brought home highpoints at all those shows. Our last stop
was the International, where Sox and I were lucky enough
to win overall highpoint 9-12 girl, and Lizzie and Touch
of Letters were luckytowinoverallHighpoint13-18girlandVersatility.
Wehad so much fun traveling and never dreamed we could do
so well. A summer to remember, there will never be another
like it.
Now I have many thanks. Now first to my sister Allison for
riding Sox as a youth and not letting my Mom sell her because
she was such a huge project. .Allison kept with her and didn’t
give up, Sox was very green and stubborn when we got her
and Allison had to start from ground zero, but she never
gave up. Thanks for all your help!
Thanks to our good friends the Flings who love to travel
as we do. Leslie, thank you for all you do, you are like
a Mom to me. Kinsey, thanks for all the laughs and making
it all fun. Lizzie, thanks for putting up with me and all
the long hours in the truck last year. Kinsey, it has been
fun seeing how well you and Peppy have done - bringing home
the girls saddle from your 2nd International - and I can’t
wait to see how you and Cowboy do together. Finally, one
of us will have a pleasure pony to ride!
Thank you Ashley. You are always there for pointers. With
work and school I know you can’t travel with us as
much as we would like, but someday we will hit the road together
again. Thanks for you and Alex helping out at home while
we are gone.
Thanks to the Dee Ann and Hayley Dolan for letting Beavers
Best Yet teach me to ride. We share a special bond together
having shared and loved Beaver so much. We will always miss
him.
Thanks Mom and Dad. Of course without all you do, none of
this would be possible.
Thanks to all my barn and show sisters, Katelyn and Klara
Blumenthal, Noelle Juengle, Kristen, Taylor, and Jennifer
Belote, Kayla Martin, Alexis Hackett, Kaelan Mcginnis, Stephanie
Tadajewski, and Kenzie McFeely - what fun we have had at
the barn and at the shows together! I am very lucky to have
all
of you as friends! Can’t wait till next year. Hopefully
Trey, Hannah, Emily, Bailee, and Kaitlyn will join us at
the shows in 2010.
Thanks to all my show buddies - too numerous to list, but
our shows wouldn’t be so much fun if it wasn’t
for Abby Nolen and Haley Potts. They are the best show friends
I could have. Lucky me!
Can’t wait for 2010. Hopefully I will be able to ride
my junior pony some if Allison decides to break down and
give him to me. He is Sox’s baby and it will be fun
keeping it all in the family
Good luck and have fun in 2011!
Alaina Mckenzie |
Pony Of The Americas Club, Inc.