From the Community

from Harriette Toby 2016

by rachelkzhang

My Two Cents on Harriette

SNAPSHOT MEMORY!

01.28.18

During early 2018, Shanghai experienced an unprecedented three snow days! This resulted in not only a no-school day but the destruction of a very expensive track. Back at the barn we (Harriette and Rachel) set up an impromptu photoshoot in the snow, resulting in a set of gorgeous photos—albeit there was only about an inch or two of snow.

With our friends Marie and Michelle at the barn as well, we decided to make a small snowman. We called him Henry, and were happy to give him a carrot nose and present him to Toby.

Needless to say, Toby had no issue destroying (and devouring) Henry.

MARIE HOLVOET

Hey Harriette it’s so sad you’re leaving. I remember when I first met you and Rachel I was pretty jealous. You got along with everyone and had so much pretty tack. But once I got to know you better it’s obvious why you get along with everyone, you’re so so nice and have a great way of expressing yourself (anyways with me). I’ll never forget your bond with Toby, you control him better than anyone could, I wish I had a bond like that. This is all to tell you that we’re going to miss you a lot! Hope you’ll come back and visit.

Dear Harriette, I am very sad that you are leaving! We had lots of fun together in the stable sharing the love of our 2 very best horses! They are so different, we often laughed about this. Also the way Donkey would make sure no other horse could even come close to his Toby! During lessons we often had a lot to talk about, driving my mom nuts by not working our horses in the concentrated way she thinks necessary. Competitions were so much fun together, the fun would start already when we would make our horses look beautiful and plaIt them. We would encourage one another and always felt we were not biased at all thinking we were the best!

FINJA PLATE

MICHE LLE WANG

Hey Harriette! I just wanted to say thanks for being such a great friend all this time :) I think its been what, two years? I remember when we first met, I thought you and Rachel were really cool, and I remember we used to help you guys with Toby and Fox a lot, and Isaac/Owen would tell us you guys were using us as ‘slaves’ anyway we somehow became friends really quick, and now we’re both leaving Shanghai I’m gonna miss Joey and I know you’re gonna miss Toby too, but I hope you’ll make some great memories wherever you go we’ll miss you a lot! hopefully we’ll both see each other again when we visit ;)

PHOTOS ‘Through the Years’

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMENTARY BY RKZ

November, 2015

To this day I like taking credit for reintroducing Harriette to riding and horses in Shanghai. It started out here, at the HuiHuang barn in Pudong, over an hour away from where we lived. We’d pack some lunches to share, hop in the car, and set off for a full day of riding.