Thursday April 3, 2003

DIFOPL Amateur Championships Contenders: Emmy Adwers

Structured Routine of Working and Riding

But for the past year-and-a-half, Emmy has maintained her career and riding by strict adherence to a disciplined schedule. “I get up at 4:30 in the morning, take the train in to New York and work from 6:30 in the morning until 4,” Emmy recounted. “I’m on my first horse at 7. Cesar, even though he works all day, teaches me from 7 until 9 pm every night. I go home by about 9:45 and then I usually work from 9:45 until 11 at night.”

Emmy credits cell phones and wireless computers for making her schedule possible. “When I’m driving to the barn or back from the barn or on the train, I work that whole time. My husband, Brad, drives me so I’m on conference calls. I’m able to use all my commute time as work time. I average 80 to 90 hours per week of work and I’m still able to ride two hours a day because I figured out how to work in the car.”

In her last outing, the Zada Enterprises LLC WEF Dressage Classic CDI***, Emmy placed fifth in the I-I, earning 63.917% aboard Ali Baba 92.

Mary Hilton for DressageDaily.com