Maggy Price passed from us on Feb. 23, 2007 after years of fighting her cancer.? True to her "Boiled Owl" status she fought long and hard and managed to still ride her horses at her farm and cheer on her "Ramegwa"(an anagram for her three children - Raymond, Meg and Walter) horses when they competed.? As the force behind bringing endurance riding to FEI status, Maggy brought our sport into the limelight.?Maggy won the individual bronze medal at the age of 63 in the 92 World Endurance Championships, Barcelona on Ramegwa Kanavy Anne.? She raised some tough horses under the Ramegwa name - Ramegwa Priceless, Ramegwa Drubin, Ramegwa Bahrain, Ramegwa Sharli, Ramegwa Papstrax, Ramegwa Sully, Ramegwa Vilia to name a few.? The horses exemplified who Maggie was when they went out into competition.? Their success, no matter who rode them, was also Maggy's.
Maggy was honest, practical, dedicated, and easy to talk to no matter the level in the sport, both as a competitor and policy maker.?She served in every way one could in the sport including AERC president.? Her presence at a ride brought a quality hard to duplicate, with her southern drawl and frank observations, one could hardly not notice when she passed by.??In her kitchen hung a large picture of her as a four year old. On it, it said, "I could have been a star, but somebody gave me a pony".
Last year at the Old Dominion, Frank Farmer was memorialized by the playing of a piper and the releasing of doves.? Maggy watched with interest, turned to us and satirically said...I would like that for me, but perhaps turkey vultures would be more appropriate.? I don't know where we are going to find enough turkey vultures to honor her.? She will be very missed, but she will be waiting at the finish line for the rest of us.?
A memorial will be held by the family on March 1 and a celebration of Maggy's life held this spring at her farm.??
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the handicapped Riding program Maggy supported,?Equilibrium PO Box 305, Sciota, Pa 18354 or to AERC, P.O. Box 6027, Auburn, CA 95604?.??
