Torrid Elegance,
13 years and 14.3 hands, ¾ Arabian mare

Riding Tory is what I imagine it is like to drive a Maserati - all I have to do is think about shifting gears and it happens. But Tory is much more than speed; she knows dressage and gets all smart and collected when she draws a cart. She is very bright and assimilates new things easily - like walking burros hidden under bundles of corn stalks and 3-wheel mini-taxis spinning around corners.
Tory and I are still seeing just where we can go; she breezed through her first 25-mile endurance competition, a grueling uphill track at 10,000 feet, and within minutes of our first jumping class she was gliding over 3 feet jumps. We are ready for her first 40-mile race in July.

Tory is from northern California where her owner was looking for a good home for her; I was just getting into endurance riding and knew I needed an Arabian horse. Somehow our stars converged and in October of 2007 I trailered Tory 3,000 miles from Grass Valley to Oaxaca.