Horses and riders: good neigh-bors

KRISTINA VILLAMIL Reporter @KrisVillamil

Neighs filled the air as horses strutted their stuff for an audience of hundreds last weekend.

Pierce College’s Equine Welcome Center Event, best known for its Parade of Breeds, brought students, families, and members of the equestrian community together on Nov. 7 in a day dedicated to horses.

Paddy Warner, equine science director at Pierce created the show years back to test her students on different horse breeds.

“How many people still think they are getting a hundred percent,” Warner asked her students.

With a low show of hands and a smile she continued.

“Uh oh, it’s okay I’ll grade on a curve,” she said.

Though the test was not easy, equine student Olga Cortez was appreciative of the opportunity to see the horses up close.

“The parade of breeds is really good because you get to see the different types of horses, if you’re just seeing them in a book, they all look the same. But in real life you can actually see different distinguishable marks. And know what these living creatures are,” Cortez said.

Warner had a special present for her students while giving the answers to the test.

“You want to hear the best news of the day? The test does not count, if you showed up you get a hundred percent,” she yelled.

The parade was not a just a test, but an opportunity for students in the horse show management class