ridecamp@endurance.net: Fw: Marcia Smith & On A High
Fw: Marcia Smith & On A High
Karen Steenhof (steenhof@cyberhighway.net)
Mon, 21 Jul 1997 18:13:55 -0600
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> From: Karen Steenhof <steenhof@cyberhighway.net>
> To: fourhorn@mail.fia.net
> Subject: Re: Marcia Smith & On A High
> Date: Monday, July 21, 1997 6:12 PM
>
>
> > Anybody care to give a short "Bio" on Marcia and On A High? I would
like
> > to know more about this team.
> >
> > Lauren
> >
>
> "On A High" started out as a show horse and didn't like it. He made his
> endurance debut at an Idaho ride I managed in 1992: the Flying Hawk 50.
At
> that time he belonged to a Washington rider named Debby Howland. The
> Flying Hawk was also Debby's first ride. She and On a High ran with the
> front runners most of the way but ended up in 10th place because she
> thought there would be time to eat a sandwich and use the bathroom during
> the last "stop and go" vet check!
>
> Debby did very well with On a High in the Northwest in the next 2 years,
> but she also had some colic problems. They came in top 5 at the 1993
North
> American championship in Calgary, and she sold the horse after that...
>
> I'll let someone else take the story from there--but I believe Marcia and
> On a High finished the FEI rides in both Flagstaff and Kansas.
>
> Karen Steenhof
> Boise, Idaho
> steenhof@cyberhighway.net
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