The well known trainer & clinician, John Lyons'
partner for 27 years was an appaloosa stallion named Bright Zip. Zip went
blind from a reaction to an antibiotic injection. For many, many years,
John and Zip taught many clinics and went on many trail rides together with Zip
trusting John completely for directions. The trainers were doing
a play-day rodeo one evening and one of the events was a keyhole drawn into the
arena dirt with white chalk. Each horse had to run into the keyhole, pivot
around and run back out. Every horse put on the screaming brakes when they
spotted the keyhole......except Zip. He just ran into the keyhole, spun
around and ran back out. Needless to say, John and Zip won the
event!
Your friend and her mare will establish a stronger
bond than they ever had before as the mare learns more and more to trust her
rider.
