March 2020 Issue

EAST COAST EQUESTRIAN March 2020 Page 61 44 Edgefield Rd. • Quarryville, PA 17566 Remember...tell our advertisers you found them in East Coast Equestrian. a role model. She is generous in sharing her knowledge and expe- rience and has devoted significant amounts of her time to para-sport on all levels. From her involve- ment with USEF, USPEA and her participation at the FEI level, to welcoming new riders at sym- posiums across the country and being ringside, always smiling and cheering on the riders, Hope is a true ambassador of our sport. I cannot think of a person better suited to receive the Pegasus Medal of Honor." Tina Wentz who served as a National Para equestrian classifier and later a FEI International class- ier and currently serves on the board of the USPEA, is a selector for the U.S. Team, and was mother to the late Paralympian Jonathan Wentz, joins Hand at many events and has been a part of the sport since 1998. Wentz said sincere- ly, "Sleep may be the only thing Hope Hand does not do well and it would be no wonder since she gives 110% of her boundless energy and time to Para-Eques- trian Sport and Para-Dressage. Constantly promoting, recruiting, educating and encouraging every- one she meets as she travels at her own expense to all US Interna- tional and National Championship competitions and to numerous Para Dressage symposiums, clinics, and Centers of Excellence. Hope not only knows every US Para-Dressage athlete from emerg- ing to elite but recruited many of them and is available 24/7 to all to advise, encourage and educate them on their journey to be the best. Hope is well known in the Equestrian world for her tireless work in advancing Para-Eques- trian sport and has served and is serving on numerous Boards and committees. All in the pursuit of bringing competition excellence to the US in Para-Dressage." When Hope is not on the road or in a plane she is back home with her husband Stan (who she has been married to for over 37 years) on a 16-acre farm living just behind Radnor Hunt in Chester County, Pennsylvania with daughter Amy, son in law Eric, and two grandchildren. (Continued from page 60) USEF Awards Pegasus Medal of Honor to Hope Hand Remember...tell our advertisers you found them in East Coast Equestrian!