Tonya Johnston's Inside Your Ride with Adriana Forte & Violet Tatum by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services

Tonya Johnston, Mental Skills Coach speaks with top junior riders Adriana Forte and Violet Tatum. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.   

• Host: Tonya Johnston, Visit her Website, Facebook and buy her book Inside Your Ride 
• Guest: Adriana Forte is a 17-year-old from New York City and Water Mill, NY. She trains with First Blue, LLC in Riverhead, NY, and has been training under Andre Dignelli of Heritage Farm since 2024. She is verbally committed to the D1 equestrian team of Texas A&M University. In 2024, she won the WIHS Equitation Finals and had top finishes in all 3'6" equitation finals. 
• Guest: Violet Tatum is a top junior rider who currently splits her time between the west and east coast. On the east coast, she trains with the team at North Run - Missy Clark, John Brennan and Maggie Gampfer. On the west coast, she rides with Archie Cox of Brookway stables and John Bragg of Bridgeport farms. Violet won the Ronnie Mutch Equitation championship at Thermal this year and the Gladstone Cup in 2024 and finished in the top 12 of the Maclay and WIHS Equitation Finals. In the hunters, Violet was Grand Champion 3’6 Small Junior Hunters 15 & under at Capital Challenge, Champion and Reserve Champion at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, and Champion 3’6 Small Junior Hunters at the Washington International Horse Show. Violet is a prolific catch rider who is very coachable and truly loves the horses.
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