Kiko is a 14.2 hand 7-year-old bay Registered Irish Draught Sport Horse mare, sired by Welcome Diamond RID and out of the mare Moorpark Mystery Date RIDSH. Kiko was bred in Ireland and brough over in utero to northern Virginia by Wendy Ying DVM (http://www.sportcob.com/). She and Kiko then moved to Florida, and when old enough, Kiko was broke to ride and drive. She competed in ridden Dressage Intro level with Wendy and competed in prelim level Combined Driving Events (CDEs) in Florida, earning 1st and 2nd in 2008. 
In the summer of 2008, Kiko was purchased by Boo Fitch West. The past two years, Kiko has foxhunted with a junior rider with the Smith Mountain Hounds. She has also competed in Training level Dressage at the IDHSNA Annual Show with professional Dressage trainer, Harriet Peterson of Lynchburg, Virginia, earning Reserve Champion competing against a multitude of different horses, including stallions. Kiko and Boo have competed in CDEs Prelim level at both the National and Local level shows. Kiko is training to compete as a pair in 2010 with a Section D Welsh Cob gelding. 
A funny story Boo shares about Kiko was at a CDE in the Fall of 2009 when Kiko was a little behind time on Section A of the marathon. The course wound around farms and turned onto a dirt road. Boo and Kiko happened to turn onto that road right behind an unsuspecting bicycle rider. Kiko saw the biker and immediately raised her head, perked her ears, and became more forward, wanting to follow and stay up with the bicycle. The poor bicycle rider was pedaling faster and faster to get out of the way, and Kiko got faster to keep pace in the race! Boo laughed the whole way to the finish line as they followed and overtook the biker and came in on time. 
Kiko has qualified to perform Demonstrations in Combined Driving (driven by Boo Fitch West) and Dressage (ridden by Harriet Peterson), so watch for her in the Demo ring in conjunction with the Irish Village at the World Equestrian Games.
these horses are amazing!!!
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