[Constitutions Grandchild]

You know, I haven’t really concentrated on that aspect. I just saw a handsome young man and a beautiful animal in a very, very blessed performance. I don’t keep up with the shows anymore since my dad passed. He was the equestrian in the family. I was a sack of potatoes who managed to win some barrel races as a girl. He was the “gentleman”.

He started out breaking mustangs when they’d round them up in the early 1900s and ship them to St. Louis. He’d go down to Missouri Stables and hang on until the poor creatures gave up or threw him in the creek. I know where he is now he’s with his mare, “Gypsy”. She was the one little filly (before my mother came into his life) who tamed his wild heart.

[LantzALot]

Yes, there are very good horsemen all over the world, many -- like your father -- in this country.

I have a son-in-law who tells of his Grandfather from the Ukraine who had the ability to get horses to do non-horse-like things. (e.g., balance a see-saw.)

I only pointed that out because the Lipizzaners have been performing exactly this kind of act around the world for many years.