HORSE SHOW BRINGS OUT AMATEUR RIDERS; T.O. EVENT DRAWS EQUESTRIAN ENTHUSIASTS.Byline: Kevin F. Sherry Daily News Staff Writer Elliot, a horse who goes by the show name Spoil spoil v. spoiled or spoilt , spoil·ing, spoils v.tr. 1. a. To impair the value or quality of. b. To damage irreparably; ruin. 2. Me Rotten rot·ten adj. rot·ten·er, rot·ten·est 1. Being in a state of putrefaction or decay; decomposed. 2. Having a foul odor resulting from or suggestive of decay; putrid. 3. , has a weakness for food. ``He loves to eat anything,'' said his rider, Miffa Taylor, 11. Getting to know Elliot's strengths and weaknesses is all part of the competition, Miffa said. ``You have to know the horse and what he likes,'' Miffa said. Such direct interaction with the horse is one of the main reasons Miffa became involved in riding rather than another sport, she said. ``You're dealing with real things and not a ball or something,'' she said. Miffa was one of the hundreds of riders who participated in the 31st annual Spring Horse Show at Foxfield Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. this weekend. The two-day English riding English riding is a term used in the United States to describe a form of horseback riding that is seen throughout the world. There are many variations in English riding, but all feature a flat English saddle without the deep seat, high cantle or saddle horn seen on a Western event featured 71 classes of riders in a variety of categories. ``The big thrill thrill (thril) a vibration felt by the examiner on palpation. diastolic thrill one felt over the precordium during ventricular diastole in advanced aortic insufficiency. is working with kids, and now we're working on second and third generations,'' said ranch owner JoAnn Postel, who has been involved with horses for 50 years. Like other sporting events, parents and relatives sat nervously in the stands and hoped their competitors would do well. ``A lot can go wrong,'' said Paula Parson PARSON, eccl. law. One who has full possession of all the rights of a parochial church. 2. He is so called because by his person the church, which is an invisible body, is represented: in England he is himself a body corporate it order to protect and defend the , whose daughter Jessica, 13, competed Sunday. Parson has watched her daughter's skills improve as she learned to come to an understanding with her horses. ``It's a team,'' Parson said. ``The horse is probably 80 percent of the whole picture.'' Jessica has been interested in horses since she was 5, Parson said. ``She's never wavered,'' Parson said. ``She's totally involved.'' Foxfield continues the riding tradition in part because it offers a refuge from the big city that has grown up around the ranch, Postel said. ``It's just kind of like a little oasis oasis (ōā`sĭs), an area within a desert where the water table reaches the surface, with enough moisture to permit the growth of vegetation. The water may come up to the surface in springs, or it may collect in mountain hollows. ,'' she said. ``We're very blessed to have this.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Caroline Smith jumps her horse, Cairo, over a fence during Foxfield Ranch's annual Spring Horse Show on Sunday. (2) Heatherly Lortie of Somis relaxes with her horse, Mieux Czar, during the event. Tina Gerson/Daily News |
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