In the Equestrian Arena
In Their Boots …
By Morgan Fenrick and More to Love
Photo Credits: Morgan Fenrick
Courtesy of The Carolinas Equestrian
Hello there, my name is Morgan Fenrick, I
am 16 years old and live in Waxhaw, North
Carolina. To understand how I became
the rider am I today (good or bad!), you
need to understand a few things about me.
First, I’m in a military family. My father,
now retired, was in the 5th Special Forces
Group and was deployed overseas numerous times before retiring a few years ago.
Secondly, wherever we’d move, I would
typically go along with the popular discipline in that region, giving me experience
in a variety of disciplines.
Ever since I can
remember I have
wanted horses.
One of my earliest
memories, that I
vividly remember,
was at my kindergarten graduation.
We wore black
garbage bags and
paper hats as our caps and gowns, this was
at Wesley Chapel Elementary. Towards
the end, we had to stand in front of all the
parents and other kids and say what we
were thankful for. Other kids said normal
kid stuff like their dogs, toys and parents,
but not me. I said “I would like to thank
my parents for the pony I’m going to get”.
All the other parents laughed, most likely
thinking I was joking, that I didn