Cynthia Jensen
My husband George and I live in Cheshire on 3/4 of an acre backed up to 3.5 acres of inlan
d wetland where we used to keep two horses or ponies at a time. Our children (now adults) had fun jumping our hunt course on the vacant lot, hunting in Litchfield, occasionally showing and just hacking until civilization closed in on our area.
I was born in New Haven, never had a horse as a youngster, but always found something to ride, from the milkman's horse to Saddlebreds, Western, Jumpers and even played polo for five years-compliments of Yale University. I majored in English and Equitation (dual majors) at Southern Seminary Junior College and received a B.A. in English and Psychology from Mary Washington University.
Following graduation I went to work and bought my own horse! Then came five years of Public Relations and Advertising work until I went back to teaching riding, first at a private barn and then at Miss Porter's School in Farmington. Following marriage and during raising children I was a substitute teacher for nineteen years at Cheshire High School. I have taught riding to students with their own horses, coached the 4-H Club, and judged 4-H shows. I have been an NEHC Judge and Steward for about 20 years and a USEF steward for 16 years.
I seem to be a professional volunteer with little time for hobbies! I manage two horse shows a year, judge a couple of shows and Steward around 50 others. Oh yes... babysitting for my grandchildren fits in there too! I am the Connecticut Horse Show Association President, CT representative to the New England Horsemen's Council, and Secretary of the Connecticut Hunter and Jumper Association, the Editor and Publisher of Around the Circuit (CHSA newsletter), and a volunteer with the United Way Allocations Division and a member of our church choir (when I am not Stewarding). I love all kinds of food, anything ethnic, especially Greek!
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