One of the Connemara ponies brought a plastic picnic table to jump during their demonstrations. 
Not to be outdone, the Irish Draught/Sport Horse demo team decided to take it on as well. Several of our brave demo team horse and rider combinations took on the picnic table jump, to the delight of the crowd!
Not to be outdone, the Irish Draught/Sport Horse demo team decided to take it on as well. Several of our brave demo team horse and rider combinations took on the picnic table jump, to the delight of the crowd!
Horses were jumping giant ditches, riders were falling in the water, children to grandpas alike were out there. This video made so many people stop to ask and talk to the folks in our booth, and you could hear people around the park saying, “you need to go by that Irish booth and see that video.” So, and big thank you to Jim for that contribution, and for all those who made the booth a resounding success. 
So, on a daily basis we rubbed elbows with the likes of Clinton Anderson and Pat Parelli and John Lyons, amongst a crazy variety of other demonstrators like the Icelandic horse and the Indian tent peggers. 
It wasn’t unusual to see a man come around the corner standing on two horses who were dressed in metallic armor, or a train of miniature horses. 
We saw it all! Clinton Anderson took a particular interest in our demo horses, stopping Connie Arthur to talk to her about Bridon Beale Street, 
Pat also was even nice enough to invite us to his evening BBQ on several occasions. Fun times. 
I’m standing there with my jaw on the ground; Fleur is begging Connie to come back. She does turn around, and jump back into the arena, to the cheers and laughter of the crowd. After the demo, Fleur tells me they had secretly planned the whole thing, they just forgot to let me in on it …. Cause why would the coordinator need to know?? Ha!
We were thrilled to have the Irish Ambassador to the United States, Mr. Michael Colins and his lovely wife visit our booth and attend one of our demonstrations. 
Mr. Colins commended Fleur and everyone involved for doing such a great job representating and promoting Ireland and its horses. 
Everyone seems to have a video or picture of themselves on this thing. And, let me tell you, it felt pretty real whizzing and whipping around after the little mechanical calf!