Read all the questions and answers from the first #USEFTalk with Lynn Symansky (@LynnSymanskyEq) and Lillian Heard (@USEquestrian)
Question 1:
@LaurenKay4
@LynnSymanskyEq what would you consider your biggest accomplishment? #USEFTalk
@LynnSymanskyEq
@LaurenKay4 finding a way to make a living doing something that I love #USEFTalk
Question 2:
@Hells9384
@USEquestrian @LynnSymanskyEq what is the piece of equipment you always use at an event? #USEFTalk
@LynnSymanskyEq
@Hells9384 @USEquestrian Equipment I never leave home without: a neck strap no matter who I'm sitting on #USEFTalk
Question 3:
@morgan96199809
@USEquestrian Lillian, what’s the best advice Boyd or Silva has given you during training? #USEFTalk
@USEquestrian
@morgan96199809 Boyd has given me a lot of amazing advice. He most recently told me to remember something is better than nothing. #USEFTalk
Question 4:
@Joanie_Morris
@USEquestrian @LynnSymanskyEq - what's the one event you never miss on the calendar?
@USEquestrian
@Joanie_Morris @LynnSymanskyEq Joanie I love Fair Hill! #useftalk
@LynnSymanskyEq
@Joanie_Morris @USEquestrian Whether riding or watching NEVER MISS ROLEX. No excuses to miss only 4* in the Western Hemisphere #USEFTalk
Question 5:
@morgan96199809
@LynnSymanskyEq any tips for beginning eventers? #USEFTalk
@LynnSymanskyEq
@morgan96199809 get back on when your fall off #USEFTalk
Question 6:
@morgan96199809
@USEquestrian Lillian, how did you get your start in eventing? #USEFTalk
@USEquestrian
@morgan96199809 I learned to event at a barn called Bascule Farm. Crazy thing is after all these years I am back there now! #USEFTalk
Question 7:
@markwcoley
@USEquestrian Lillian, did being featured on the NBC Rolex show last year make your first time competing even more nerve wracking? #USEFTalk
@USEquestrian
@markwcoley Mark! The first time I was interviewed I was terrified but then it felt like the crew at NBC was routing me on. #useftalk
Question 8:
@McMan160
@LynnSymanskyEq @LillianHeard what were your last thoughts before leaving the startbox at @RolexKentucky #USEFTalk
@LynnSymanskyEq
@McMan160 @RolexKentucky Jesus take the wheel!!!! @HannieSuee @MontgomeryEques @JesMontgomery
@USEquestrian
@McMan160 @LynnSymanskyEq @RolexKentucky honestly for the first time in my life my mind was dead quiet. Silence. Fear and determination.
Question 9:
@markwcoley
@LynnSymanskyEq @USEquestrian do you both have anything on your xmas lists for either yourself or your horses? #NaughtyOrNice #useftalk
@LynnSymanskyEq
@markwcoley @USEquestrian New friends for Donner #letsgohorseshopping #USEFTalk
@USEquestrian
@markwcoley @LynnSymanskyEq I just want happy and healthy horses for the new year! #gowhitey
Question 10:
@_marinabby
@USEquestrian & @LynnSymanskyEq What do you enjoy most about the equestrian sport? #useftalk
@USEquestrian
@_marinabby @LynnSymanskyEq I know this sounds silly but I have the best friends in the world bc of this sport. #USEFTalk
@LynnSymanskyEq
@_marinabby @USEquestrian sharing a love for working with horses with people just as crazy as myself #USEFTalk
Question 11:
@susanwordlover
.@USEquestrian Do you go to the gym or do other fitness workouts or is riding several horses enough? #USEFTalk
@LynnSymanskyEq
@susanwordlover @USEquestrian Finding time is hard during the competition season, love doing barre or yoga when I have the time #USEFTalk
@USEquestrian
@susanwordlover truth...I don't go to the gym bc I ride so many and teach a lot but I should! #USEFTalk
@susanwordlover
.@USEquestrian We all should! ;) How many horses do you ride per day usually? #useftalk
@USEquestrian
@susanwordlover Normally 7 to 9 a day! #USEFTalk
@LynnSymanskyEq
@susanwordlover @USEquestrian depends on the time of year, anywhere between 5-13
Question 12:
@Hells9384
@LynnSymanskyEq @USEquestrian would you rather muck out or scrub water buckets? #USEFTalk
@LynnSymanskyEq
@Hells9384 @USEquestrian I find mucking stalls strangely similar to raking a Zen garden #simplepleasures
@USEquestrian
@Hells9384 @LynnSymanskyEq Please!!!! Depends on time of year. Water in summer, mucking in winter. #USEFTalk
Question 13
@morgan96199809
@LynnSymanskyEq can you post your favorite picture with Donner? #USEFTalk
@LynnSymanskyEq
@morgan96199809
Question 14:
@philo_SOPH_y
#USEFTalk HEY LILLIAN! What does it feel like to be THE BEST TRAINER IN THE WORLD? -team LJH (soph calli charlotte and erin)
@USEquestrian
@philo_SOPH_y Disclaimer this is one of my students but all my kids ARE AMAZING. #imlucky #lovemykids #USEFTalk
Question 15:
@McMan160
@LynnSymanskyEq @Lillianheard in your career so far which cross country round has been your favorite and why? #myidols #USEFTalk
@USEquestrian
@McMan160 @LynnSymanskyEq Too hard to answer! Crossing the finish at Rolex was amazing. #USEFTalk
@LynnSymanskyEq
@McMan160 My first 4* at Rolex KY on No It Tissant. A blind monkey could have ridden that XC machine around. Got me hooked for life. #newbie
Question 16:
@Hells9384
@LynnSymanskyEq @USEquestrian what's your favorite type of Xc jump? #USEFTalk
@USEquestrian
@Hells9384 @LynnSymanskyEq I love the water jump at every level!! #USEFTalk
@LynnSymanskyEq
@Hells9384 @USEquestrian THE LAST ! #USEFTalk
Question 17:
@LaurenKay4
@USEquestrian Lillian, who is your favorite singer/group?
@USEquestrian
@LaurenKay4 U Counting Crows any day! But I'm sitting next to Will Faudree right now and he says @idinamenzel #USEFTalk or Natalie maines
Question 18:
@morgan96199809
@LynnSymanskyEq do you have an Instagram? I want to follow you! #USEFTalk
@LynnSymanskyEq
@morgan96199809 @HannieSuee @sinead_c_Halpin @Joanie_Morris @USEquestrian #lynn.symansky.equestrian
Question 19:
@Hells9384
@USEquestrian @LynnSymanskyEq if you could ride any horse other than your own who would it be? #USEFTalk
@USEquestrian
@Hells9384 @LynnSymanskyEq ooooo tough! I would ride the best dressage horse or show jumper. #knowthebest
Question 20:
@LaurenKay4
@USEquestrian Lillian, can you post your favorite picture from a competition?
@USEquestrian
@LaurenKay4 whoops. My mistake at plantation. That's not where I was supposed to jump. #USEFTalk #goodhorse
