Louise Serio: ‘Let’s Go to Work’

TC: What do you love about this sport?

LS: I like the continual education that you get—you can never just rest on your laurels. You always have to watch and learn from other professionals and acknowledge their skills and abilities. And each horse keeps you going. Figuring horses out, what they like, what they don’t like—that’s what it is all about.

To what do you attribute your decades of success?

I have been able to run a very honest business, and my clients have appreciated that. My riding skills are good. And I think that my horsemanship skills and my background—what I learned growing up—have helped me long term. I am always amazed at how so many things in the Pony Club Manual are useful today.

When you turned professional, what surprised you?

I realized that every horse you get on, whether he’s easy or difficult, you have to somehow learn to produce good rides. And that teaches you to ride