We continue our series on equestrian legends with all-round horsewoman Betty Ann Gilbert Lester who has succeeded in several equestrian disciplines and regarded with reverence by the equestrian community where she has spent her life in Pennsylvania. Growing up against the background of WWII she soon took to the hunting field with the Rose Tree Hunt Club and Radnor Hunt and then enjoyed competing in both hunters and jumpers.With the early influences of Bill Steinkraus and Bert de Nemethy she found success in the international arena before switching to three day eventing by way of hunter trials. For the past 40 years Betty Ann has concentrated on dressage and credits Germany’s Fritz Stecken and Paul Keck for instilling in her the principles of classical dressage. Betty Ann continues to school dressage horses and also enjoys teaching the next generations.
This episode was first recorded in 2012.
Host: Chris Stafford
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