Barbara Cooper and Scoots (NJ)
Team #1,009: Barbara Cooper and Scoots
From: Waretown, New Jersey
Ages: 81 & 19
Combined Age: 100
On April 4, I joined the Century Club at a schooling show held at Saddlebrook Ridge Equestrian Center in Shamong, New Jersey.
I rode Scoots, a large painted draft. I have leased him for the past seven and a half years when my horse, Mr. Tips Horizon (a large Appaloosa), became non-rideable. “Tips” suffered a severe tendon injury in December 2017. We would have gone for the Century Club ride in the spring of 2018; that never happened. It took until the spring of this year for me to qualify; Scoots was now 19.
In January 2025, I had to put down my four-legged best friend of 23 years. He would have been 35 in May of last year. In accepting the prize, I dedicated it to “Mr. Tips” …this one was for him.
Barbara & Mr. Tips
