Betty Lewandowski and Echo (PA)
Team #1041: Betty Lewandowski and Echo
From: Cochranville, Pennsylvania
Ages: 76 & 24
Combined Age: 100
Test: Musical Freestyle
We became a team in 2011 and have done quite a few different things since then. We started showing in the Adult Rider/Hunter Division. Someone mentioned that she appeared to be a Western Pleasure horse, so we switched to Western Pleasure. We did some pole bending, barrel racing, cow sorting and obstacle courses. She is a very smart horse and has won every Obstacle Course/Trail Class that we entered. We have great trust in each other, and she will try just about anything I ask of her.
We watched a Western dressage demonstration and decided to try it. We started in Introductory, moved to Basic and finally First Level. We won many Championships plus our USDF bronze medal. For something new, we tried Western freestyle and won Championships in that.
We changed to First Level dressage in 2022 when we moved to Second Nature Farm with instructors Anecia and Melanie Delduco. Last year we won our First Level Musical Freestyle Championship.
Echo’s favorite is to be out on the trail, as long as she is the “lead mare.”
I could not ask for a better partner than Echo.
