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Jim wrote:
> Sunny and I are a TEAM...we take care of each other.<
And _that_, in my opinion, is what makes the difference. No equestrian
excellence, no thing of beauty astride, can be achieved in any discipline
without the Centaur-like merging of human and horse. What this involves goes
beyond the individual attributes of athleticism. It's the neuro-muscular merging
of the two so that the lines between the nervous systems --  the shared reflexes
and unified centers of gravity --  are all but indistinguishable.

As author and equine historian Bjarke Rink has written:

"Homo-caballus denotes the combination of a human and an equine who are able to
achieve complete emotional understanding and connect all of their
neurophysiological resources into one galloping unit. The creature resulting
from this merger is capable of doing whatever he or she has decided to do, with
the total cooperation of his or her other self. But if you are ever in doubt
whether the combination in the ring is a real Homo-Caballus, pin your attention
on the horse -- in high performance equitation one fact stands out like
greenbacks strewn on the pavement: caballus is actually enjoying the
performance, and the two partners have an edge on the rest of the pack. And
after the performance, caballus may be breathing hard but is otherwise calm and
elated by his own success."

Regards,
Bobbie&Perle
Escondido, Calif.


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