Without a horse of her own, Kim says that she spent a lot


of time riding borrowed ponies and rescue horses, learning to make the proverbial “silk purses from sow’s ears!” It was after attending York University for Creative Writing and while working at a bank that Kim met her future sponsor and the owner of her eventing partner, Stonehenge (lovingly referred to as Stony Pony). “Stony was not an eventing horse when I first met him,” she says with a laugh, “but he became one, because eventing was what I was doing at the time.” Kim spent seven years partnered with the big bay Irish Thoroughbred that she describes was too dangerous in the gates to continue as a race horse, but later became “a fire breathing dragon” on cross country courses! Kim regularly visits her eventing mentor Margaret


Goodson at her Myrddin Equestrian Centre (www. myrddin.info.net) where she considers herself lucky to exercise some of the boarders’ horses. She is also an announcer at the short course competitions there. Short course is a type of three day eventing, but in one day, where dressage is ridden first, then the cross country and stadium jumping phases are combined into a single event. When she is not at the barn, Kim is a part time


equestrian journalist and is writing fiction similar to Heartland. She is also the founder/host of Hoof


Beats, an hourly equestrian theme radio show at CFRU 93.3 FM that had a broadcast radius of over one million people. “What I like most about the radio show is that I’m able to expose horses to anyone listening. There are times when people have become involved with horses directly from the influence of my show,” she says proudly. Kim also became an EC (Equine Canada) certified riding instructor to give credibility to her media efforts.


THE BIG PRIZE Kim’s experience began with a 24-hour drive leaving


behind frigid January weather in Canada and arriving two days later in sunny Florida. “I was so excited to take the trip but at the same time I was nervous to meet such an equestrian celebrity,” she says. For two days Kim experienced the thrill of world


class carriage driving, in the carriage, as part of Team Weber! Kim sat beside Chester as he skillfully schooled his beautiful Dutch Warmblood horses. The first day they drove in pairs to school the dressage phase of combined driving; first Boy W (Manno X Dereda/Wilhelmus) paired with Para (Harmonie X Irzela/ Renovo), and later


 Opposite page: Chester competes his four-in-hand team. Photo courtesy Elisabeth Weber, and Inset: Chester and his retired driving horse Jamaica. Jamaica was rescued by Chester and went on to be a pivotal member of his four-in-hand team. Jamaica was named Horse of the Year in 2008. Photo courtesy Barbara Bower


 This page, above: The essay


winner from Canada, Kim Logue. Photo courtesy Ze’ev Gedalof


Background photo taken by Kim while a passenger in the carriage. (The one in the shadow standing at back is Kim.)


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