Ridecamp: [RC] Spain 1

Dinah Rojek vermontel.net
Hello Eastcoasters,
The group continues to grow here. We were at 19 this morning, 22 this afternoon and expect more riders and support folk in tonight.
The horses are staying at a farm that has three white tigers in the back yard. No I'm not kidding. When we arrived at dawn this morning the lady owner, a third generation circus pro, was in the cage with the tigers. It seemed almost normal till one of them growled at her, displaying finger long teeth and a cat's speed and contradiction. A couple of weeks earlier the pure white tiger had tipped over it's little podium thingie they all sit on between actions. She simply refused to get on it. That is BIG refusal. Watching the lady work with her wasn't very different from working with a young horse . . . except for the liver on the end of the stick and always staying much more than a tiger-arm's-length away.
The horses are settling in nicely. Tiger smell doesn't seem to bother them. It is most fortunate to have the opportunity to be out in paddocks day and night.
We went to the Escuela Andaluz in Jerez To watch the performsnce of their classical Dreessage, driving, spins and airs above the ground. Pictures weren't allowed, but if you ever get here . . . . I will try to send some of the tiger soon.
Via con Dios and please forgive typos and grammer, jet lag is still in my face,
Dinah


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