Previous Page Spread: Rumba & John French.
Photo null Tish Quirk
Previous Page: Rumba & Taylor Siebel enjoy the
blue ribbon. Photo null Erica & Stephanie Engle
This Page and Opposite Page: Rumba & John
French in their winning form. Photos null Erica &
Stephanie Engle
Originally imported as a
Junior Jumper, Rumba became one of the most
successful First Year Green hunters by winning
the Grand Green Hunter Championship at
Capital Challenge. The 9 year old, 16.2 ½
Danish Warmblood is the total package. The
gorgeous gray is a spectacular jumper, beautiful
mover, and has an expression that makes his
polite requests for treats irresistible. Walk down
his barn aisle, call out any horse’s name, and
Rumba is the first to answer. French chuckles
“He’s a very friendly horse, and he’s always
looking for treats…before he goes in the ring…
before he comes out of the ring. He loves
JOHN FRENCH, TAYLOR people, and always seems to be asking 'did I do
SIEBEL AND RUMBA are
a good job'?”
Rumba was purchased in December by
no strangers to the winners circle, but at
Mountain Home Stables in Woodside, California
as Taylor Siebel’s Large Junior Hunter. The pair
HITS Thermal, this threesome appeared proved to be a winning combination from the
to be starring in a remake of the movie
start, taking home the Reserve Championship
from HITS Week I, knocking on the door with
Groundhog Day. Rumba was the 2009
a second place finish in each of their first two
Desert Circuit Champion with John in
Large Junior Hunter 16-17 Classics, and winning
their third Classic Week IV, no small feat for the
the 2nd year Green Working Hunter
first three shows together. John talks about how
rewarding it was to see them click so quickly
division, and Taylor in the Large Junior
“It’s really nice to see. Rumba is a perfect match
Hunter 16-17 division. It didn’t stop
for Taylor. She leaves her horses alone, she’s
not one to really put them in a frame, and he
there, Rumba and John won both of likes to go that way. I knew when we tried him
the $10,000 USHJA International
that down the road he would always stay in the
barn.” Taylor’s mother Stacey, and sister Hunter
Hunter Derby’s and won the Rainbow
will no doubt be jockeying for position to have
Canyon Ranch High-Score Hunter
the ride on Rumba when Taylor heads off to
college in 2010.
Award during Desert Circuit VI, tied
If a movie were called The Dominator, it
could be John French’s own movie. Rumba and
with another of French’s horses. John were Second Year Green Working Hunter
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