Steph's Stories 3.03,2005 - Back in Pinamar! 3.06.2005 - Arabian Horse Society Ride in Pinamar 3.12.2005 - The Pampas 3.15.2005 - Las Cortaderas and the Gauchos 3.17.2005 - La Fiesta de Tropillas Steph's 2004 World Championship Story Steph's 2005 President's Cup Story 2004 Pinamar Pre-Ride Story

Eating Beef the Gaucho Way Photo by Steph Teeter	La Fiesta de Tropillas It is a two-day festival in it's 23rd year. The horses, the tropillas, are transported from around the region to the site of the festival, in the town of Loberia. There was a huge grassy field, filled with horses, trailers, tents, trucks - surrounded by improptu camp kitchens (asadors and parillas - grills and ovens) - shops - tiendas - for selling horse tack, gaucho clothing, knives, matte cups, rustic jewelry, leather and silver - artesanos Argentine, ... [More ...]
"It was made by a Woman who Adored Me!" ~ Pablo Lozano ~Photo by Surgio Quentin	Haras Las Cortaderas and the Gauchos Well - what luck! I'm totally fascinated by the horses of Argentina, the Gauchos, the history of the pampas. The crafts, costume and artwork of this era, these people whose lives were entwined with the horse. I can't take my eyes off the men with their broad leather belts, or the patterned woven belts with the ubiquitous knife tucked in the back (I have a million pictures of the 'gaucho butt'). [More ...]

	Argentina: The Pampas I'm flying over the pampas at the moment. The plane just left Claudia's ranch and we're headed to Buenos Aires for a few days. Flying over a patchwork of fields, the 'fertile triangle' of east central Argentina, where the land bulges out into the Atlantic. Black soil, deep and productive. We can see the Atlantic ocean off to the south and east - a deep dark blue. [More ...]

	Riding in Pinamar Sunday morning, just finished breakfast (coffe and toast) at the little hotel we're staying - 'Las Auracarias'. Las Auracarias are nut bearing pine trees with short scaly leaves (looking more like cedars, but actually in the Pine family). The native Mapuche people in the mountain region of northwest Patagonia depended upon these nuts for part of their diet. [More ...]

	Testing, Testing - Back in Pinamar Sitting at a cyber cafe in Pinamar. I'm at one table with a glass of vino tinto, John's at another table with a cup of coffe... Just spoke with Miguel -the horses are due to arrive any minute, but too late in the day to ride. So we'll ride tomorrow. He has a zillion horses from his Haras - San Andres de Moro - entered in this ride I think - he will ride one, I will ride one, his son in law Pablo will ride one, trainer Hugo will ride, Hugo's son Hugito and daughter Ana Lia will ride. [More ...]

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