Chauvin targets 3d Level; patience rewarded
On the back of her wildly rearing Thoroughbred, and terrified, Cherie Chauvin’s heart was in her throat. Years earlier, a horse had pulled a similar maneuver while she was in the saddle, and wound up flipping over on top of her, and badly breaking her leg. But this time, she did not fall when her beloved Thoroughbred Katchi Kapshi reared while schooling over a cross-country course; she clung tight with her seat and with poise and determination, eased him over obstacles, and past the unfamiliar ditches that spooked him, so he might become a shining eventing star. This was, after […]
