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Pony Club Podcast - Para Dressage Rider Genevieve Rohner and Mom Lexi Rohner

Para Dressage Rider Genevieve Rohner and Mom Lexi Rohner

03/10/23 • 29 min

Pony Club Podcast

Pony Club Podcast cohosts Sarah Evers Conrad and Megan Scharfenberg interview Pony Club member Genevieve Rohner, who is the youngest rated para dressage rider in the United States, and her mom, Lexi, who is also a busy parent triplets (which includes Genevieve) and a USPC Club Secretary. This month's episode is brought to you by Kentucky Equine Research.
Guest, Genevieve Rohner: Genevieve Rohner, who is a member of the Pioneer Pony Club in the Intermountain Region, has been the youngest U.S. classified para dressage rider since 2017. Born a 28-week triplet, she was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, Sensory Processing Disorder, and Amblyopia. Then in 2022, she became the youngest globally classified para-equestrian. Following her first international season after being named to the Team USA CPEDI3* team in October, she was 9th out of 13 U.S. riders, and 143rd out of 270 ranked para-equestrian riders in the world. She is pursuing her Pony Club C-1 rating. Guest, Lexi Rohner: And Lexi, Genevieve’s mom. is familiar with competitive sports as a former figure skating competitor and coach. She also works for U.S. Figure Skating. Lexi is the current Club Secretary of Pioneer Pony Club in the Intermountain Region, and she serves on the USPC DEIA Committee.
Hosts: Sarah Evers Conrad is the Marketing and Communication Director at the United States Pony Clubs, and Megan Scharfenberg is the USPC Marketing and Instruction Coordinator

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Pony Club Podcast cohosts Sarah Evers Conrad and Megan Scharfenberg interview Pony Club member Genevieve Rohner, who is the youngest rated para dressage rider in the United States, and her mom, Lexi, who is also a busy parent triplets (which includes Genevieve) and a USPC Club Secretary. This month's episode is brought to you by Kentucky Equine Research.
Guest, Genevieve Rohner: Genevieve Rohner, who is a member of the Pioneer Pony Club in the Intermountain Region, has been the youngest U.S. classified para dressage rider since 2017. Born a 28-week triplet, she was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, Sensory Processing Disorder, and Amblyopia. Then in 2022, she became the youngest globally classified para-equestrian. Following her first international season after being named to the Team USA CPEDI3* team in October, she was 9th out of 13 U.S. riders, and 143rd out of 270 ranked para-equestrian riders in the world. She is pursuing her Pony Club C-1 rating. Guest, Lexi Rohner: And Lexi, Genevieve’s mom. is familiar with competitive sports as a former figure skating competitor and coach. She also works for U.S. Figure Skating. Lexi is the current Club Secretary of Pioneer Pony Club in the Intermountain Region, and she serves on the USPC DEIA Committee.
Hosts: Sarah Evers Conrad is the Marketing and Communication Director at the United States Pony Clubs, and Megan Scharfenberg is the USPC Marketing and Instruction Coordinator

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Mongol Derby-Riding Pony Club Member Aliina Keers and 12-Year-Old Keira O'Connor-Reichert About Pony Club

Pony Club Podcast cohosts Sarah Evers Conrad and Megan Scharfenberg interview Pony Club life member Aliina Keers, who rode in last year's Mongol Derby, and talk with 12-year-old Keira O'Connor-Reichert and her mom, Debbie, about her eventing adventures with her ponies and about going viral on social media. This month's episode is brought to you by Kentucky Equine Research.
Guest, Aliina Keers: Aliina Keers is a graduate C-3 Eventing, H-B in Horse Management, and a Life Member and alumni of Carbon Hills Pony Club from the Northwest Region. She is currently a kennel huntsman for the Iroquois Hunt Club in Lexington, Ky., where she trains both staff hunters and English foxhounds. In August of 2022, she completed the Mongol Derby, billed as the longest and toughest endurance race in the world.
Guest, Keira O'Connor-Reichert: Keira O'Connor-Reichert is a C-1 in Eventing and Horse Management with Pickering Hunt Pony Club in the Eastern Pennsylvania Region. This 12-year-old went viral for a helmet-cam video in which she talks her Welsh pony, Flower (Pine Creek's Snapdragon), through a cross-country course. At last count, the Facebook video had more than 2.1 million views, but at the time of recording, it was at 600,000 views. Keira is a big advocate for Pony Club and is already planning to attend the 2023 USPC Championships East in Eventing. She, Flower, and her scramble team captured first in Dressage in Standard Junior Training Level at the 2022 USPC Championships.
Guest, Debbie Reichert: Debbie has been a member of Pony Club with her daughter Keira. She shares more of Keira's story with listeners.
Hosts: Sarah Evers Conrad is the Marketing and Communication Director at the United States Pony Clubs, and Megan Scharfenberg is the USPC Marketing and Instruction Coordinator

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International Jumper Genevieve Munson and Pony Paddock Leader Lisa Reader

Pony Club Podcast cohosts Sarah Evers Conrad and Megan Scharfenberg interview Genevieve Munson, a Pony Club member who recently received her A certification and who is having the adventure of a lifetime showing horses abroad in Europe, and Lisa Reader, who has been the National Coordinator of Pony Paddock at the USPC Convention for many years and who has volunteered in every way imaginable. This month's episode is brought to you by Kentucky Equine Research.
Guest, Genevieve Munson: Genevieve Munson has earned her A certification from Pony Club in both show jumping and dressage, and is a C-2 in Eventing. She is currently riding professionally abroads. Genevieve herself has already earned more than $300,000 in career earnings in the show ring. However, at the young age of 10, she was known for helping the USPC Pony Jumper team to their win in the U.S. Pony Jumper Championships, while also capturing the U.S. Pony Jumper Individual Championship as the only member to go clean in both rounds. She is an alum of the Northwest Arkansas Pony Club in the Midwest Region.
Guest, Lisa Reader: Many people know Lisa Reader as the National Coordinator of Pony Paddock at the USPC Convention. However, there is much more to Lisa’s dedication to Pony Club. She is a C-2 in Eventing and is a participating member of Los Alamos Pony Club. She has also done it all as far as volunteer positions. She has volunteered at numerous USPC Championships. She is a Chief Horse Management Judge and a member of the Discipline Education Committee. She has also served as a Regional Secretary and a Horse Management Organizer for the Southwest Region, as a Regional Instruction Coordinator, and as a District Commissioner and Joint District Commissioner of Los Alamos Pony Club. Many also know her daughters, Megan Sandoval and Lindsey Reader, who have also been active participants and volunteers within Pony Club. Lisa is also a member of the Masters of Foxhounds Association of North America.
Hosts: Sarah Evers Conrad is the Marketing and Communication Director at the United States Pony Clubs, and Megan Scharfenberg is the USPC Marketing and Instruction Coordinator

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