I picked up Duncan McLaughlin last night at the Durango, Colorado airport. I promised Duncan a Tevis horse many, many months back and he's now here and will depart with me for Auburn on Monday. We are Tevis bound and the goal is to ship a Tevis buckle back to Australia with Duncan when he departs.
Before leaving Durango we had the opportunity to ride some of the non Tevis horses on my local trails. It was a good time to test tack and boots before the event and blow off some of the travel cobwebs after the long flight.
Duncan and Inferno in one of the high meadows above our house. We are close to 10,000 feet in this photo.
Duncan is a great horseman and respected hoof care practitioner in Australia. Rather than waste his talents I asked if he would help me trim my gang before leaving for the big event. I've been doing my own trimming and I have a bunch to learn. Duncan went through all my horses and really helped fine tune each horse. Some of the horses I was doing better with and some needed more work by Duncan.
Before we went to bed Duncan did about 90 minutes of body work on Cyclone. Many tight spots were loosend and he should travel much better. Cyclone was in heaven.
Awesome, knowledgeable horseman. I've learned more from Duncan in a day than I ever imagined. Quite humbling to be around such a balanced horseman.
Off to Tevis we go.
Go the Dunc/Garrett team at the Tevis! Rob and I will be barracking for you both. I hope you all have a great time at the ride.
Posted by: Carol Layton | July 27, 2009 at 02:58 PM
Go Duncan! Do you have a blog of your US junket?
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Posted by: Rebecca Scott | July 28, 2009 at 02:22 PM