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30 M AY/J U N E 2 017 U N TAC K E D Aroundthe Arena t i d b i t s f r o m a c r o s s t h e i n d u s t r y Successful young rider career? Check. Victories in the Under-25 Grand Prix division? Check. Winning transi- tion into the open CDI classes? Also check. Since riding her first pony at 5 years old, Chase Hickok has steadily moved up the levels in dressage. In 2011, she won an individual bronze medal at the Adequan/FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships (Ky.) aboard her horse Palermo. About a year after graduating from Stanford University (Calif.) with a degree in English, she partnered with Hyperion Farm's Sagacious HF in 2014. She won 10 consecutive blues at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (Fla.) in 2015 and campaigned in Europe before coming back stateside to win the USEF Young Adult 'Brentina Cup' Dressage National Championship (Ill.). Now 27, Hickok balances working as a real estate agent for Equestrian Sotheby's International Realty with her competition schedule. And it's clearly working well: Hickok and the 18-year-old "Kitty" topped the open Grand Prix and open Grand Prix freestyle divisions at the 2016 U.S. Dressage Finals (Ky.) and won an AGDF CDI*** Grand Prix Special this season (Fla.). Breeches: Full-seat Alessandro Albanese Footwear: König Drink: Coconut water Food: Sushi Movie: Love Actually Book: e Catcher In e Rye by J.D. Salinger Non-horsey hobby: Reading and yoga Favorite yoga pose: Pigeon. "It's great for riding." Guilty pleasure: Watching Dateline and murder/ mystery shows Memory in the saddle: Winning the Brentina Cup in 2015 LINDSAY BERRETH PHOTO My Faves: Chase Hickok

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