My boyfriend and I took my horse to a Canadian Horse show... our first show together. I was a little worried about how each of us would handle the event, but I am thrilled that the little lad was stellar and his humans had a great time. By day 3 he was getting a little stir crazy, since at home he is never in a stall, but with lots of walking and exploring, he settled down... and he was wonderful in the show ring. We even came home with some pretty "souvenirs". :)
It was interesting to see this in the "International Horse News" section:
http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2009/09/017.shtml
"Fifty horse DNA samples have been delivered to a Texas university by two horse riders to further the knowledge of the Canadian horse breed.
Canadian film-makers Rick Blackburn and his wife Louise Leroux made the three-month 2500-mile journey on two Canadian horses from Quebec to Texas A&M University."