Some of us Equine Management Programmers were invited to be gatekeepers for this series of entertaining classes held in the big covered arena over a stretch of 4 days.
From their leg chains, firecrackers, $2500 suits, vociferous trainers , Latino entourages and other accoutrements this crowd provided us with some interesting conversation topics.
The human participants were almost as excited as their equine creations and I felt honored to have been in a position to allow them to enter and leave and did so without getting physically harmed in any way. Not that any of the gate leaners would have done so on purpose, at least not with so many witnesses....
The goal with this set seems to be, who can dial up their horse to the brink of insanity--eyes rolling, sweat lathering, spit slathering out of expensively bitted mouths, legs snapping up, over and around, tails lolling about behind them--while at the same time barking, and growling without being specifically caught and still look like you're out for a ride in the park.
As I say, very entertaining. How they achieve their horse's mood was not specifically on display, but conditioning had taught them to fear the flicking Bic lighter - presumably as the likely precursor to firecrackers being set off in their general direction among other 'tools of the trade'.
I kid you not.
