IMG_20080426_999_78, originally uploaded by Aunt Christina.

I just got back from a fantastic visit to Lexington KY for the Rolex Three Day Equestrian Championships. The technical name is the Rolex Kentucky CCI**** (the asterisks are the four stars that indicate the ranking and caliber of this competition) Here a rider urges her horse over one of the cross country jumps. I was in horse heaven: ever since childhood I've watched eventing on tv, either during the Olympics or the televised Rolex coverage (it's been around since 1978, which would have been right at the beginning of my horse fever period :-) but to actually walk the course, to stand next to a jump as the horse thunders toward it and sails up and over, oh man, words fail me. It was definitely a heartstopping day for me. Sigh...