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tics of trucks, trailers, trunks, orders of go, FEI jogs or any of the other seemingly incredibly important details that all add up to our horse showing endeavor! We won't see our fellow trainers and competitors in the pre-dawn light studying the courses, getting a first hack in, or savor- ing victories and enduring disappointments, as we are all engrossed in our mutual never ending quest for success. We won't see the familiar faces of the grooms who all help each other and who we all, especially the horses, depend upon.


reprieve from what must be just a fantastic collection of explanations and excuses and pleas on the part of the ex- hibitors. Judges, stewards, course designers and lots of other officials can stop living in hotels and enjoy their own homes for the holidays. All the various "support crew" that make it possible for this crazy circus to keep going, who somewhat miraculously appear 24 hours and how- ever many hundreds of miles later at the next facility ready for another week, will get a little chance to recharge. The photographers who provide so many of us with great memories, as do the various video services; the plethora of tack and supply stores who always seem to have what we need instantly (if not sooner) and let us promise to "come back later" and pay. The same goes for the sho- ers whom we look for to resolve any and all soundness problems, and our vets who need to go beyond that job description and actually fix behavioral and performance


Some where behind the rider you’ve become, the trainers who pushed you, the people who believed in you, the long hours of schooling, the falls you’ve taken,


the ribbons you didn’t win, the tears and broken bones,


and the horses you’ve given your heart to, is the little girl who fell in love with the sport and never looked back. Ride for her!”


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Deb Dawson 650.215.8641


dawsonphoto@charter.net Horseshow offices all across the country will have a


LA with Christmas music playing everywhere, I realize, lengthy and brief as it's seemed, my 2010 show year is about to be over. For a few short months we won't be juggling the logis-


I walked around the last show of the season in the bright Nov sunshine of


problems that are clearly not training or riding issues! The feed companies, who never seem to be able get a


timely, correct stall chart, who thrive on the skill of a top performance motocross driver to access barn ways, avoid horses, golf carts, scooters and lots, of not always leashed, dogs. The shippers, who have all of the above conditions to survive while hauling our precious cargo. And then there are all the special services: masseuses,


both equine and human, who I believe have saved the day on more than one occasion for me; knife and blade sharpeners, dry cleaners that come to the show, tack repair (which simply is always urgent)!! And God love the long suffering, completely unappre-


ciated, parking attendants. Can we all only imagine how horseshow parking would go if we were all left to our own devices. The back gate, or should we say "paddock stew- ards," who in most weeks I talk to more than my immedi- ate family. These professionals have developed an intimate enough knowledge of each of us to understand what "five minutes" means on an individual basis! And of course, there are lots and lots of people we


never even interact with, who all do their part to keep this show on the road. These are our unsung heroes. To all of them, and all of us, I say thank you and can't wait to do it again!


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