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Regina Kear Reid
Since the age of seventeen, Regina Kear Reid has traveled the world, pursuing a career as a professional equestrian, freelance journalist, published poet, and artist.Her formal tra...view moreSince the age of seventeen, Regina Kear Reid has traveled the world, pursuing a career as a professional equestrian, freelance journalist, published poet, and artist.Her formal training includes a BA and MA from East Carolina University and years of intensive training at British Horse Society riding schools in various locations in the UK.Her love of horses has taken her across the United States and around the world. She lived in Ethiopia and England and has visited over forty countries.Regina's travels have influenced her teaching, writing, and artwork. Her articles and poems have been published in anthologies, and regional and national magazines. Her artwork has appeared in juried shows, galleries, and Art in Public Places.During her equestrian career, Regina directed the Pace University (New York) Equine Studies programs for fifteen years. She competed in major horse shows in hunters, jumpers, and ladies' hunters side-saddle. She coached regional and national champions in the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association in hunt seat and stock seat equitation. Trained by Olympic coaches and riders, Regina successfully competed in One-day Events, trained young horses, played and coached arena polo, hunted, and worked with Pony Clubs in the US and UK.After fifteen years at Pace, Regina married and co-owned a working farm where they boarded horses, raised ponies, and owned a tack shop."Heels Down Hall: Adventures of a Working Pupil," Regina's first novel, is based on a true story and is a tribute to her early training.view less