Saturday October 4, 2003

Region 2 Championships Capture Largest Entries - Page 2

The weather was perfect so it mattered not that some finicky thief had made off with my Mountain Horse Jacket prior to my arrival. No jackets required at all, in fact, even at the wonderful wine tasting soiree sponsored by Equss Run Vineyards, which coincided with the pizza party for the juniors. My tablemates for the event read like a who’s who at www.horsesdaily.com: Carol Grant, Natalie Lamping, Fatima Kranz, Milo Mott and Tonya Grant. Talk about talent at one table! Just getting a glimpse of Tonya aboard her horse, Jumbo D, was worth the trip. Tonya’s fabulous dressage upbringing is evident, (even amidst a packed park,) with her elegant stature and easy command of her mount. Auditors were treated to other tastes of family talent and tradition if they caught the always-popular freestyles where Kasandra Barteau and her mare, that she told my traveling partner and newcomer to dressage, Beth Straebel, “I just love her, she is my best friend!”