RIDER PROFILES

JENNIFER KEEFE

Photo by Susan Noeller
What is your full name:	Jennifer Elizabeth Keefe
Do you have a nickname:	Some people call me Jen
How old are you:	15
Where do you live:	We live out in the country on some acreage near Liberty, MO.
What is your favorite food:	Any fruit
What is your favorite color:	Pink!!!
Do you have any lucky numbers:	No
When you show, do you have any superstitions or luck charms:	Nope, I don't believe in them, but I do pray before shows.
What hobbies do you have other than riding horses:	Shopping, hanging out with friends, going to my church youth group activities.
What grade are you:	9th grade
What do you want to be when you grow up:	I believe that I want to work in the field of equine-related marketing. I still plan to show!
How long have you been riding:	I have been riding since I was five years old - so nine years!
What was the name of your first Pony or horse? If you showed then, in what division did you show?	My first pony was named Pepper, but we called him Little Pepper, because we already had a horse named Pepper when we got him. He was a sorrel Welsh pony who had been a hunter-jumper Pony Club pony, but I taught him to ride western and we did everything with him and I used him for open shows and 4-H. We did showmanship, western horsemanship, pole bending, barrel racing, hunt seat equitation (he was really great at that!) and pony English pleasure. I then passed him down to my little sister and she even showd in a costume class - he wore a hula skirt!
Who was your first trainer:	Veda Gardner
List your current horses ponies etc:	My quarter horse, Marcus Riffik, barn name Marcus, age five, 15.3 hand black quarter horse gelding. He is very fun to ride hunt seat and he is gorgeous!
	Worthy's Sir Worth-a-Lot, barn name Worthy, age 10, 16 hand bay ASB gelding. He belongs to William Woods Univerity. He is my favorite horse to show because he is five-gaited!
	I also show other people's horses for them.
What is your current Trainer's name:	For quarter horses & hunt seat, showmanship & western - Colleen Baker, Smithville, MO and for saddlbreds & saddle seat - Annalisa Hall, Kansas City, MO
What is it about his/her training style that you like?	Colleen is a very patient and quiet trainer, though her horses know she means business - she is very good at helping me make my horses look good in the show ring. Annalisa is very attentive to detail and strives to make my best better - she is very encouraging and positive.
What is your favorite color for a horse?	Bay or black
What is your funniest, most embarrassing moment:	Two things - I was showing Pepper in a walk-trot class when I was little, and I had to do a western horsemanship pattern. He pooped throughout the first part of the pattern and would not trot and poop at the same time, then when we had to do rail work, he stopped on the rail and peed! The other embarrassing moment was at the American Royal showing Zippos Eternal Light, a quarter horse I owned. We placed in hunt seat equitation and when I went to get my ribbon, he spooked at it, and I ended up in a pile of poop until after my next class.
What was your proudest moment in riding/showing?	At the Missouri State Fair Youth Horse Show, I won saddleseat equitation, saddleseat English pleasure, saddle type showmanship and hunt seat equitation all in the same year!
Future Plans and goals:	I want to continue showing both quarter horses and saddlebreds. I want to concentrate on equitation and hopefully there will be some nice saddlebreds for me to continue showing. I am currently looking for a new quarter horse to show at AQHA and MHSA shows and want to show in hunter under saddle, hunt seat eq, and possibly equitation over fences.

Contact Information

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