B2—lancwtr Fanning, Saturday, January 29,1983
BY BETH HEMMINGER
Staff Correspondent
Pam Anoka of Boiling Springs
has given a new meaning to hor
sein’around!
It all started with a dream. While
some dty children dream of
owning a horse, Pam made it a
reality in her life through per
sistence and dedication.
Living in the city of Harrisburg,
Pam began making her dream
become a reality at the early age of
nine, when she began taking riding
lessons at a stable and later began
showing ponies and horses.
And then, she said, with much
persuasion, her parents bought her
a horse when she was 14 years old.
And she added, “I still have my
first horse, ‘Short Circuit.’ ”
Pam said that ‘Short Circuit’
retired this fall from giving lessons
to her students, and would spend
his remaining days eating and
roaming.
At the young age of fourteen,
Pam continued to take lessons and
began travelling the show circuit
regularly in Pennsylvania and
Maryland learning the ins and outs
of competition from fellow com
petitors.
And, as the years passed by,
Pam was now ready for college, so
she went to Bristol, Virginia for
her education.
Pam said, “My parents thought
my interest in horses would waiver
since I had to feave my horse at
home.’’ Instead she said those
feelings grew stronger. And, she
completed her education at Briston
with a degree in physical education
and equitation and a new horse.
While at college she bought a horse
so she could continue training and
practicing for competition pur
poses.
Pam’s next step in her horse
career was to acquire a few more
horses through her own animals.
That plan soon took effect.
While Pam and her new husband
Robert were on their honeymoon in
Hawaii, Pam knew her mare
would soon be having a colt. And to
Pam’s joy her mare waited to have
the colt until they returned from
the trip. Pam soon was the proud
owner of a colt which she named
Nui Mahalo which means “many
thanks” in Hawaiian.
Nui Hahalo is now an 8-year-old
gelding thoroughbred who has won
many championship titles for his
owner during the past years.
Along wife showing her own
animals, Pam teaches 12 lessons a
week at her stable where she
teaches the fine skills of hunter
seat equitation. At one time she
taught up to 100 lessons a week, but
with her job it became too much
work.
Pam teaches the hunter seat
skills; skills that consist of
teaching the students and the
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ram enjoys this view of her Anoka stables and the many
horses roaming the pastures in front of the house and barn.
She began turning this dream into reality at the young age of
nine when she started taking riding lessons.
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Some dreams do come true
Pam Anoka shows off Nui Mahalo, her first colt out of her
own mare. Nui Mahalo means “many thanks” in Hawaiian.
and Pam named him that because he was born right after her
trotting and cantoring quietly,
ways of going or moving, and
styles of jumping. Most of her
students compete
and Maryland horse shows. And
many of her students have gone on
to win meadals in the American
Finals and State Championship
contest
Along with Pain’s teaching, she,
herself, is taught by a coach in
Virginia. Pam said, “No matter
how long you have been riding, you
still iced :hinj id
Little girls and horses
structive criticism; it is a life-time
of learning.”
Along with teaching lessons,
Pam has future plans for her
stable. She is beginning a small
breeding program of raising
thoroughbred yearlings for sale.
To do this she plans to add another
brood mare to her herd which will
increase yearling production,
along with selecting or finding top
quality studs for her breeding
program.
In addition to her breeding
programs, Pam is improving and
enhancing her grazing land which
will work in conjunction with the
breeding plan. Pam remarked,
‘‘Without the proper nutrients, a
horse will not perfomyor look his
best. And that is my goal to have
the best animals I possibly can
have.”
The pasture improvements will
consist of cultivating the pasture
area with good grasses, and
rotating the animals from one
honeymoon in Hawaii, and, of course, because he was such a
beautiful colt.
pasture to another and letting the
grasses replinish for a good stand.
Pam said not only will it benefit the
horses and the land, but it will
benefit her by the quantities of hay
that she purchase yearly for the
animals. She said, “It’s like killing
three birds with one stone.”
Pam’s equistrian skills and
career are enhanced through
employment at a local veterinary
clinic as a licensed animal health
Hhmestead
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technician.
She recently took a state
examination which qualified her
for the title. Pam remarked that it
is beneficial to have the knowledge
from the clinic, for she can now
perform most of the medical needs
herself at the stable.
Pam remarked, “From the city
to the country, having several
horses, teaching and showing plus
working at the clinic it all has
seemed to work together so well! ”
“A city girl can make it in the
country,’ ’ she added.