The
Flying
Mrs.
Goat
In the horse show jumping sport Between shows, Mrs. Goat could
we all dream dreams of jumping jumps be seen running along the beaches of
at the International level. We dream of Corona Del Mar with her best friend
doing great things with this sport and “Elvis” the dog, enjoying the rocky
being the one at center stage at the end outcrops at the Newport jetty and
of a class for the Awards presentation in watching the beautiful sunsets on the
the “big” rings of our shows. Nothing beach next to stunned yuppies.
wrong with that and sometimes it Mrs. Goat was always very interested
makes for a great story. in watching horses jump at home as
Mrs. Goat is a 4 year old Boer/ well as patiently waiting at the back
Nubian cross goat that lives at Eden gate of many of the rings at the shows.
Equestrian Center in Chino, where Making it very clear she did not want
she meticulously takes her normal job to stay home, her USDA passport was
seriously. Her duties include trimming issued and Mrs. Goat was ready for
all the grass and shrubs in the half acre International travel.
yard, chasing anything that gets in the First venture was getting a taste of the
area, tolerating her new yard mate “Lil grass at “Spruce Meadows”, Calgary,
Buddy” and sleeping soundly at night Canada. Occasionally tasting in one of
beside her owners in her own little the International rings would get her in
bed with the sign above it stating “The trouble but, taking her job seriously she
Little Princess Lives Here”. never bothered any of the horses and
So what’s the fuss all about over just treated them with great respect. After
an ordinary pet goat and where is the all they were International show ring
connection to show jumping? The winners, something a goat can only
fuss is that she is anything but “an dream of.
ordinary goat.” Mrs. Goat is the only Traveling to the “Twin Oaks”
goat anywhere to win prize money in a horseshow in Vancouver B.C., the
class for jumping over obstacles at an following summer, all Mrs. Goat could
International Horse Show. And here is do was dream dreams of flying over
her story. those show ring jumps and standing
“Mrs. Goat” was born Christmas day in the winners circle, after all she was
2003. 6 lb. little Boer/Nubian cross only a lowly little goat. The prospect
doe. She was potty trained by 4 weeks of anything more than that was non
and was able to swim by 6 weeks. She existent.
spent the first year of her life going But fate can have a way of stepping
to all of the major West Coast horse in, even for a little goat. The Pro/
shows traveling in the front seat of the Am jumper class at Vancouver is
family truck, her nights were always a $25,000.00 class consisting of 2
spent in her own bed in the house. amateurs and 1 professional competing
Photos Courtesy Kimberlee Drake
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