Taylor Finke
2007 Silver Sonata Award Winner
Hi, I am Taylor Finke,
I'm 16 years old and I live in
Langley, B.C. I started riding
young but not seriously until I was 12. I began riding with my uncle
occasionally for fun and then with Melanie Walters doing hunters after
volunteering at her barn for a school project. Due to me not having a
horse, I switched to dressage with Monique Fraser at Rosewyn Stables. I've
been there for three years now as a working student and I'm falling more
and more in love with the sport everyday. I've never owned my own horse
because it's too expensive for us, but I have the next best thing. In July
2007 I was given the opportunity to train
Glastonbury, a 4 year old 17hh
Shire/TB, because of his owners illness. He has come from being green
broke to showing training level and schooling first and second at home.
We've competed at Canada Cup, Rising Stars, and Autumn Classic in summer
and fall of 2007 at training level and got scores of 66%. At Autumn
classic, we won team bronze with top dressage scores. Our barn also put
together a music Quadrille freestyle, which he was included in. Here are
photos of Glaston At Canada Cup:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Xxashensinister/_CCV3213.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Xxashensinister/_CCV3207.jpg
Though I mainly work on
dressage, I'm also a huge jumping and cross country fan, which has lead me
also to eventing. A great thank-you to Paula Farr who has allowed me to
use her horse, Galeano, in both dressage and eventing competitions. In
June, we won 5th place in our first event of the year, his first event
ever. I also competed at local
Campbell Valley shows, Rising
stars, and MREC. At Rising Stars we had our best dressage score of 72%,
leaving us Reserve Champion and Overall Hi-point Champion. This is a photo
of Galeano at our first event:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Xxashensinister/DSC_8519.jpg
At BCYR year end awards,
I was awarded the Silver Sonata award for outstanding BC Young Rider.
Another huge thank you to Monique Fraser, who nominated me for this award,
and has also been my coach, my inspiration, and a good friend.
In 2008, I plan on
riding
Glastonbury in first level
competitions. I plan on also trying out for the BC summer games.
Good Luck to everyone
involved in BCYR.
2007 Silver Sonata Winner: Nomination Letter
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