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Tales of Taco the Wonder Horse and his ammy rider on their way to a Training Three Day

Sunday, December 18, 2011

More Fun With Doc

Doc has had a busy month!  We went to Pine Top for the famous Thanksgiving Horse Trials. The weather was perfect all weekend and Carol, the dogs, Doc, and I enjoyed the beautiful venue.



Doc tried very, very hard in dressage.  We put in a steady test and got a 38.




Then he was really stellar in showjumping, jumping clean even though I didn't quite have the pace and balance right.




And he was super fun cross country!






We finished on our dressage score and had a truly enjoyable weekend.

Then, last weekend, friend of Team Taco Heather Gillette was in town for the USEA convention.  She was a finalist for the very prestigious Broussard International Grant.  And she consented to help out a few friends and me!  Here is some footage from our really fun jump lesson.



Unfortunately, less than a week after she left us, Heather was kicked by an ill horse back home in New Jersey... and her jaw is broken.  Team Taco is sending all of our get well wishes.  From what I understand, having a jaw wired shut is absolutely no fun at all.


Safe travels, Team Taco reader, and Happy Holidays!

2 comments:

Melissa-ParadigmFarms said...

The showjumping arena at Pine Top looks like a deceptively hard arena to ride in. Doc looks like a really fun horse in your videos, I like him a lot!

Dom said...

Doc is so gorgeous.