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" I have so much respect for some of the great riders in this sport, but I never wanted to be that rider who had the Olympic gold medal but doesn't have a family. everything we need to do, so it's just looking forward to it and getting excited. At this point, I'm just getting excited for the actual day and getting to meet him. Are your parents excited? (Georgina's parents, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Susan Brown, have been divorced for 20 years.) They're both very excited. It's the first grandchild, and we're not used to having a boy in the family [Georgina has a sister, Emma], so it will be all new for us. " So have you been shopping yourself? Baby clothes are addictive! I was never a girly girl—I was always a tomboy as a kid—so I'm having a lot of fun buying little boy clothes. I see pink, frilly things for girls, and I'm so glad I'm having a boy because I would not know what to do with all that! When do you plan to start riding again? Florida would probably be more convenient, but New York is where I was born and where I've always wanted to have my kids. When I say that I was born in New York, it's something I'm very proud of, and I want my kids to have that, too. It's important to me, as a New Yorker. I'll start back slowly, hopefully back in the gym by January, and my goal is to be back in the saddle by February. If everything goes as planned, that's what I'm aiming for. That said, I'm very aware that that might change! I understand that I need to give myself leeway. I've proven I can come back from taking time off, so if it takes me a little bit longer than I planned, I know it's not the end of the world. Have you gotten any special gifts for the What's the plan for your horses? baby yet? I have some nice young horses that have done a lot this year. I kind of showed as much as I could this summer just because I knew I'd be taking the time off. So they're due a break anyway, so in that way it works very well. Juvina is a new mare for me, and she did a lot with her previous [riders, David Will of Germany and Stefanie Bistan of Austria], and then she did a lot with me this summer going straight into the grand prix with her, so some time off will be good for her. My other grand prix horse is Lilli. She's stepped up into some smaller grand prix. She's been really consistent at the Where are you planning to give birth? I'm trying to get people to not give us gifts; I'm asking them to donate to a couple of different charities instead [Newborns In Need, newbornsinneed.org; Reach Out And Read, reachoutandread.org; Baby Buggy, babybuggy.org]. Just going baby shopping, it's amazing to me how expensive having a child is, and he's not even here yet. I can only imagine how hard it is for someone in a different situation than me. That's why I'm choosing to not have a baby shower, and I'd really like to not get gifts. I'd really love to see people donate to a worthy cause instead. 1.50-meter level, and I'll think she'll be super at 1.60 meters, but she just needed a year to develop. She's only 9, so I didn't want to push her too quick this year. I have three 8-year-olds, Washington Square, River Dance Semilly and Roky Dorcel. My first homebred, South Street, is 7. She's out of my gray mare Mila, who I used to show in the grand prix, and by Languster. That's been really fun, bringing her along. She was 5-year-old circuit champion at WEF and then took a little bit of time off in her 6-year-old year for an injury, and she's just back from that. River Dance Semilly will continue showing with Paul O'Shea because he needs the experience, but everyone else will have time off. They'll go for hacks around here in Old Salem and then when we go to Florida. In December, they'll start back into work and jumping a little with other riders. How will your show schedule be affected? I don't know yet. As a first-time mom, I'm going to have to see how everything goes and what's best for my son. Ramiro has to be showing and going to horse shows for his business, so to stay together as a family we'll have to travel a good bit. It's not as if he has an office job, and we can stay at home. I think we'll feel it out and find a balance. I definitely don't want my kid growing up just at the horse shows, but at the same time, I do want to be a family together, so we'll just have to figure that balance out. Do you have a pony for your son yet? I actually rescued a mini at the ASPCA Adoption Day at the Hampton Classic two years ago, and she ended up being pregnant, so we ended up getting two! I've always said I want the younger one to be my child's first pony, so we're going to break him and find someone small to get on him. C H RO N O F H O R S E .CO M W INTER 2013 37

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