Smoke, the horse she is riding in that photo had quite a history. With a previous owner, he completed several hundreds, finished 76 miles of the Tevis and was so reactive that he bucked the first time Bev got on him every ride, even at home. Somehow, in Abby's hands, he was a changed horse. She did her Zorro photos on her own one day and showed them to us later. No one would have believed Smoke would tolerate a long black cape. And none of the rest us us would have thought to try it. She was really rather new in her return to riding and did all kinds of goofy things. I saw her leave the reins over his neck and park him outside the tack building while she went in for something. She swears that in the beginning when she would lose her balance, he would step under her.
Nancy
