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Greenwich Resident Wins Pegasus Award for Special Service

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Left to right: Volunteer Maryann Fiebach, volunteer director Lynn Peters, volunteer Trish White. Photo by Christine Fitzgerald.

In recognition for her outstanding contributions as a volunteer, Greenwich resident Trish White won the 2018 Pat Bugg Award for Special Service and Dedication to Pegasus at the 36th annual Pegasus Horse Show on May 19.

White has volunteered with Pegasus for five years at both the nonprofit’s main equestrian center, Pegasus Farm in Brewster, N.Y., and its regional chapter at Kelsey Farm in Greenwich. She shared this year’s Pat Bugg award with fellow volunteer Maryann Fiebach of Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.

“Trish arrives early at Kelsey Farm each Monday to prepare horses for program, assists in each class as a leader or sidewalker, and stays after to be sure all the horses are safely put away for the night,” said Pegasus volunteer director Lynn Peters. “Trish shares her great ideas, energy and artistic talents with us as a member of our special events committee, and her enthusiasm for Pegasus makes her an invaluable volunteer. While Trish and Maryann have had a great positive impact on our participants and the organization overall, this past year they have both really gone above and beyond.”

Hosted at Pegasus Farm, the 36th annual Pegasus Horse Show highlighted the equestrian achievements of 60 children and adults with special needs. Grouped in classes of three to five athletes, each Pegasus Horse Show participant demonstrated skills he or she practiced during weekly lessons at one of the nonprofit’s three chapter locations in Fairfield and Putnam counties. Each student earned a class ribbon for accomplishing a particular horsemanship skill exceptionally well. Local ribbon winners included Cos Cob resident Nina Cevallos (best half seat), Greenwich residents Hannah Cunningham (best posting) and Jamie Ann McGovern (best use of aids), and Old Greenwich residents Isabelle Root (best control of the horse) and Ali Russo (best position).

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