By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 16:52:16 +0000

This message is for Cindy Hale. Hi! I happened to see your 2012 article about your fading blue horse show ribbons. I also have a number of vintage 1st place ribbons that now look like 7th place. Your article contained references to some people I hadn’t thought about for years. My sisters and I grew up riding and showing hunters and jumpers on the L.A. County circuit and at the PCHJSHA shows. We rode and trained with a few trainers, including Larry Langer, and then Bennett Kurtze, at Sleepy Hollow, in Chatsworth. My two sisters attended the Buckley School, in Sherman Oaks, with Natasha Karazissis as a fellow student, and her dad, known affectionately as Dr. K, as a very popular teacher there. Kosti often came around for visits. As I recall, Dr. K. was of Russian background, and his wife was a gorgeous Italian woman, who often came to shows to cheer for her kids. I remember Natasha, Kosti, and Nick, as riders and competitors on our circuit (and Nick & Kosti, later as trainers). Natasha was, indeed, a stunning girl, once she outgrew the gangliness and bobbed haircut of her tween and early adolescent years. She was, as you noted, also a great equitation rider, and won practically every eq. class she ever even thought of entering. Most important, she was just as lovely inside, and always kind and friendly to everyone. My older sister often competed against Natasha in flat classes, along with Gina Groth, and they usually finished: Natasha – 1st; Gina – 2nd, & my sister – 3rd. Anyway, I now live in the Northwest and still ride and show hunters. Thanks for the memories!!!!

By: Hanna

Hanna — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:43:13 +0000

Perfect
Except my horse only has the big butt and the cowlick

By: hfiohyg

hfiohyg — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:02:58 +0000

lol

By: firstname

firstname — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:22:11 +0000

haha That’s funny!

By: Galadriel

Galadriel — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:04:22 +0000

Wow, how perfect. Sounds like the kind of horse I learnt to ride on.

By: lori

lori — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:58:57 +0000

This is to funny,but so true

By: Christie

Christie — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:24:15 +0000

Hahahaha! That is excellent!