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YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 4/ISSUE 29
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
Horse proves it’s never too late to learn
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2016
Sailfish Regatta making a splash this weekend Patrick McCallister STAFF WRITER
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you place,” Andersen said. “All horses compete under the same rules. As we competed, he had the most points for that year. When he started competing, he was OK and then he found his niche and off we went. In Atlanta, over the Fourth of July, there were 12 judges and he won under nine.” This was not the first time Max had attracted attention. At an annual horse show in Columbus, Ohio, known as The Congress,
TREASURE COAST — The fifth annual revived Stuart Sailfish Regatta will be the big fish in the pond this weekend, May 21 and 22. About 70 boat racers from all over the country and parts of Canada will converge on the St. Lucie River to race 12 classes at speeds exceeding 150 mph. on a 1.1-mile oval track. What spectators will watch from the Stuart Causeway — Southeast Ocean Boulevard — is more than speed. They’ll watch friends making memories with their families. Palm City’s Matt O’Connor is a third-generation boat racer. He’ll be back with Gator, his boat, after a near catastrophe last year. A change in engines pushed boats in his class, the 5-liter hydroplane, to new speeds. That combined with an unfortunate wind that started tearing O’Connor’s boat apart around him. He said racing is all about friends and family. He’s going against racers that have been his friends since childhood. “I met these guys when I was younger than (my 7-year-old daughter),” he said. The Stuart Sailfish Regatta
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Photo by Shane Rux American Quarter Horse Association Professional Horsewoman Cindy Reddish of Palm City trained and exhibited Amblin Max to capture the 2015 Progressive Working Hunter High Point Championship, awarded at the AQHA annual convention in Las Vegas. Max is owned by Diane Andersen of Palm City.
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PALM CITY — Amblin Max didn’t take his first jump until he was 10. In 2013, Diane Andersen of Palm City purchased the quarter horse and brought him to trainer Cindy Reddish of Savannah Pines Equestrian Center, also in Palm City. Max was awarded the 2015 Progressive Working Hunter High Point Champion by the American Quarter Horse Association. It’s
an amazing accomplishment for Max and Reddish, and for Andersen, who saw something in the horse. “Max is a beautiful horse,” Andersen said. “I saw him and Cindy liked the way he moved. He looked like he had a lot of potential and he has a sweet and gentle nature.” Max only started jumping under Reddish’s tutelage. Then Andersen and Reddish started showing him in quarter horse shows. “You get points for where
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