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Ninth
Annual Dressage For Kids Youth Dressage
Festival
Lindsay Jacob Remembered
Fondly remembered at this year’s Youth Dressage
Festival by family and friends was Lindsay Jacob. Jacob passed
away late this spring at 21 after losing her battle to a rare
type of cancer. She had competed in the Youth Dressage
Festival last year. It was her one and only time, but she
loved every minute of it. She ended up tying for first place
in the highest score on the written test portion of the
competition.
To honor her, Jacob’s barn mates donated a perpetual
trophy in her name to be awarded each year at the Youth
Dressage Festival. The first to win that trophy this year was
Katherine Greene (CNYD&CTA
Jr/YR), 17, of Chittenango, NY.
“I feel very honored and humble to receive this,” she
said.
Greene, who trains with Carmela Wilbur (CNYD&CTA
Member), won it for having the highest score
in equitation for 18-21 year olds. She earned a 95 percent.
“Words can’t explain the feelings we have right now. I
know that Lindsay is here right now and smiling,” said
Lindsay’s former trainer Francine Gentile of Fire Creek Farm
in Connecticut.
Lindsay’s fan club sported shirts that had been
designed by her before she died and the shirt design had been
incorporated into the trophy design.
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