Angela Peavy and Lancelot Warrior. PHOTO BY LIZ GREGG
U.S. Paralympians Rebecca Hart And Angela Peavy Enjoy The Ride To Rio By Annan Hepner
Before Rebecca Hart and Angela “Annie” Peavy trotted down centerline in Rio de Janeiro, their journey leading up to the Paralympic Games required years of commitment, training and determination. Hart was born with familial spastic paraplegia, and Peavy suffered a stroke prior to birth that left her paralyzed on her left side. Both began riding horses at a young age, and they became determined to join the growing sport of para-equestrian dressage. While they worked to achieve near perfection in their eight minutes in the spotlight at 38
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the Deodoro Olympic Equestrian Centre, their support network played a vital role in their success leading up to the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. “2016 has been a special year, and the games in Rio have been the main highlight,” explained Hart, a threetime Paralympian. “A lot of time and effort was spent to qualify, and to have ev-
erything come to fruition and to reach our goals was very exciting for me.” Hart and her horse Schroeter’s Romani, owned by Hart in conjunction with Margaret Duprey, Cherry Knoll Farm, Barbara Summer, and William and Sandy Kimmel, have had an exciting career together over the past two years with top finishes around the world. In January, at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Hart was the Grade II individual champion and team gold medalist at the CPEDI3*. The pair also traveled to Europe to gain