Grand Prix dressage rider Caroline Roffman and her fiancé, show jumper Ben Meredith, welcomed their first child, Mae Victoria Meredith on April 1. 

Mae was born 7 pounds 6 ounces and 19 3/4 inches long. 

“I was very lucky,” said Roffman. “It was a very easy pregnancy. I was able to teach; I was teaching at the horse show the day I was induced. That was very fortunate.

“It’s very special. As many times as people tell you, you can’t understand or imagine your instant attachment. I’m pretty lucky too because she’s a very good baby. She’s very easy; you barely know she’s there sometimes, so she makes my life pretty easy at this point, which means she’ll probably be a wild 2-year-old or something, but for now I’m pretty lucky,” Roffman added with a laugh.

She got back in the saddle two weeks after Mae was born and is looking forward to introducing her daughter to the horses. Mae has already sat on their Corgi, but Roffman joked that she needed to borrow a pony for a day because all of her horses are so big. 

Roffman credited her barn staff at Lionshare Dressage in Wellington, Fla., for keeping everything running smoothly while she gets back in the groove.

“It proves to me and a lot of people in the barn it’s really possible with a good support system to have your business and your horses and have a family as well,” she said. “I think that’s special; a lot of people really think it’s not possible, and even I was really worried about it. But everybody’s been great, and I think with a good group around you it’s very possible to have everything you want.”