Noa Clare Leibson is a thirteen-year-old rider from Highland Park, Illinois She rides at Celebration Farms. She enjoys riding green ponies, and while she hasn't been doing A rated shows for very long, she's already begun to make her mark in the greens and on horses. She also is an avid writer and posts sections of her current novel to Facebook and Tumblr where her followers read and constantly ask for more, keeping her up until the wee hours of the morning. She and her medium pony Stonewall Nimbus qualified for Pony Finals 2012. She also leases a large named Good Heavens. Recently, she got antoher large pony, Daddy Said No a.k.a. Mocha.
Ponies Noa currently owns:
Stonewall Nimbus - medium (for sale)
Good Heavens - large (leases)
Daddy Said No - large (leases)
Long Dream - green hunter
Indian Summer - SS pony, now a school pony
Noa has ridden:
Stonewall Nimbus
Good Heavens
Long Dream
Helicon Hopscotch - ex-large
Blackberry - medium
On Angel's Wings - large green
Silver Charm - horse
Indian Summer
Quotes
"When you ride a pony you don't just hop on, kick and go and do the course, and when it acts up, you don't just get it mad and discipline it. When you ride a pony, you need to become their friend, understand their character, work as one, and only then will you succeed."
"The moment you stop riding is the moment you don't know what to do with yourself.."
"People dont know pain till they ride. It’s all blood, and sweat, and tears, and in the end nobody is going to give you sympathy before you earn it!"
Accomplishments 2011
7th: Zone 5 in medium greens - Stonewall Nimbus
2010
Brighton- Divisions swept aboard Blackberry.
Dick Narta Memorial Classic- 1st in First Round and 2nd overall out of 81 aboard Blackberry.
1st overall in equitation at year end on various mounts.