BAREBACK RIDERS STRUT THEIR STUFF : ASCOT DAY RAISES MONEY, AWARENESS WESTLAKE EVENT BENEFITS NEW WEST SYMPHONY.Byline: Alicia Doyle Daily News Staff Writer Though she learned to ride horses bareback bare·back also bare·backed adv. & adj. On a horse or other animal with no saddle: rode bareback; a bareback rider. at age 8, Jessie White admits it's still hard to make it look easy. ''A lot of people think I get on a horse and say `giddyap' and that's it,`` said Jessie, 14, of Westlake High School Westlake High School may refer to:
Performing Sunday on her pony, Rusty, Jessie was among a group of bareback riders who showed off their skills during the ''Ascot, Day at the Races At The Races is a British television channel, originally co-founded with Channel 4, but now owned by a partnership between British Sky Broadcasting, Arena Leisure PLC and 28 (out of the 59) UK racecourses. `` fund-raiser at the Foxfield Riding Academy. The girls, ages 6 through 19, were members of the Foxfield Equestrian Team and the Barronsgate Equestrian Vaulting Equestrian Vaulting is most often described as gymnastics and dance on horseback, and like these disciplines, it is both an art and a highly competitive sport. It is one of ten competitive equestrian events recognized by the International Federation of Equestrian Sport, along Team riding academies. Money raised at the third annual event will support the New West Symphony, which performs at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is a performing arts and administrative center located in Thousand Oaks, California. It was built in 1994 on the former site of "Jungleland" at a cost of $63.8 million. and the Oxnard Civic Auditorium Civic Auditorium is a name commonly used for a city's auditorium and/or arena. Canada
Other projects supported by the symphony include its Conejo and Ventura youth orchestras, ''Music's Alive`` series and other youth artists's performances, event organizers said. During Sunday's event, the championship-level riders performed their intricate dressage dressage (French; “training”) Equestrian sport involving the execution of precision movements by a trained horse in response to barely perceptible signals from its rider. jumps, pirouettes and flying changes using only their weight and legs to guide their horses through the demonstration. Nancy Turrill, owner of the Foxfield Riding Academy, said Sunday's event gave the girls the chance to perform their talents for a worthy cause. ''We like to be sure they do a certain amount of charity work,`` said Turrill, who donates the grounds of her center as a fund-raising site each year to help promote the New West Symphony. ''Through this experience, they learn to give.`` Helene Ross, Ascot Ascot (ăs`kət), town, Windsor and Maidenhead, S central England. The famous horse races instituted by Queen Anne in 1711 are held annually in June on Ascot Heath. Ascot remains an important social and fashion event, attended by the royal family. chairperson, hopes Sunday's event will draw the community to the symphony's many future performances. ''It isn't necessarily about how much money is raised,`` Ross explained, ''but to give people a chance to learn what the symphony has to offer.``` CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--color) Rachel Weiztman covers Jenny Ross' eye s during the equestrian benefit for the New West Symphony in Westlake Village on Sunday. (2--color) Doryl Brooks shares a laugh with fellow performers at the Foxfield Riding Academy before the ``Ascot, Day at the Races'' show. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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