Riding With The
By Kim Beaudoin
You will never see P.J. Rizvi making her way down centerline without a smile on her face. A zest for life and an electrifying energy have made Rizvi a well-known name in the dressage arena — and they are the same characteristics that have made her a well-known name in the equestrian community years before her first international dressage show.
(Above) P.J. Rizvi can always be found smiling while in the dressage ring. (Below) Daughter Zayna Rizvi heads over a jump.
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The mother of four serves as a beacon of light for her family, inspiring them and always looking to guide them on the path of self-success. Rizvi and her family own Peacock Ridge Farm and are proud sponsors of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival. In honor of her late sister Penny, Rizvi is also co-chair of Polo With A Purpose, a charitable event held every winter to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington. Now an avid horsewoman, Rizvi’s introduction to the horse world was anything but conventional. “I was really sick when I was growing up,” she recalled. “I was always sick with asthma and pneumonia, but for as long as I can remember, my sister and I had planned on buying a horse together when we were older. We actually had one picked out, and not long after that, my sister ended up getting sick, and they diagnosed her with leukemia. She died about 11 months later. So, there I was, with no horse knowledge, but with this horse that we had picked out together.”