A Pony Clubber comes of age.
by Kim F. Miller
At 70, amateur jumper rider Leslie Nelson can recite the Pony Club pledge on cue. Not because she has a remarkable memory, but because the concepts she learned growing up in the Dick Collins-led Pebble Beach Pony Club are woven into her hardwiring. She and her Pony Club mates started halter-broke 3-year-olds in three months, scaled aptly-named “coffin” obstacles in the Del Monte Forest and learned to shoe their own horses. Turning herself and her horse out to perfection for day-long Saturday inspections was another lesson turned lifelong habit.
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