Fina Vista Farm Paso Fino Horses

Mercenario returns to the Can-Am Equine Emporium

We hoped we'd be back at Can-Am for another Wind Rider Challenge in 2011, and were slightly disappointed to hear the Challenge would not be held in London this year (as it conflicted with another Wind Rider Challenge Event already booked in Portland, Oregon). Luckily, our disappointment was short-lived when we got the invitation from Ross Millar, Can-Am organizor, to return in 2011 for a whole new adventure.
This year we got to take part in the Home Hardware Extravaganzas twice a day for the three days of the Event. What did we do, you ask? Well, something totally new of course! We had the thrill of a lifetime... racing the world-famous President's Choice SuperDogs at Barrel Racing and Pole-Bending. Of course, neither of these are sports we are at all experienced with, and the other two team members on their giant Quarter Horses were Provincial Barrel and Pole-Bending Champions... but as usual, that did not stop Mercy and he gave it his all!!! What a blast we had. The SuperDogs were a hoot, I love the MC, Herb!! Our fave competitor was a big fluffy Old English SheepDog named Puff Daddy. He could smoke us at the barrels (man those dogs were fast... even beating the real cowgirls and game horses), but his delight in hamming it up for the crowd meant we managed to squeak in some victories on the Poles. We also did two breed demos a day in the Parade of Breeds and put up the CCPFHA booth and handed out lots of breed literature to an enthusiastic crowd.
Aside from the truck breakdown on the way... we had a great weekend!
Special thanks to Ross for inviting us, Gerry for saving us, SuperMercy for being such a great sport and SuperJen for being the awesome crew boss.

VIDEO LINKS:
* Pole Bending with PuffDaddy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XyVG3l1mps
* Mercenario on barrels (Amber Marshall commentates): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQk4-y8p4-s&feature=related
* Mercy vs PuffDaddy at poles again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qBbtftQVm0