Nikko Ritter Star of Animal Planet’s Horse Power The Road to the Maclay

NIKKO RITTER, 17, is one of a handful of males to compete at the elite junior equitation level, and is one of the best junior riders in the country. At home in Florida, Nikko is the typical teenage boy, obsessed with food and video games. He attends a computer magnet school and plans to pursue computer science in college on the West Coast before he returns to Florida to run the family business, Seabreeze Farm. Nikko was born into a family of riders; in fact, his mother Wendy rode while she was pregnant with him! Nikko's mother and stepfather, Ezequiel, coach Nikko and make their living importing, training and selling horses from Argentina to their list of choice clients. Since horses are always being sold out from under him, Nikko never knows which horse he will be riding. For this year’s Maclay there are two contenders: a young horse from Argentina with a lot of heart called "Rocket Z," or "007" -- a horse that won the Maclay in 2002 -- on loan from a friend. Whichever horse he rides, Nikko’s 2-year-old sister, Catalina, and his older brother, Trevor, will be rooting for him.
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