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"Para liquidar os povos, começa-se por lhes tirar a memória. Destroem-se seus livros, sua cultura, sua história. E uma outra pessoa lhes escreve outros livros, lhes dá outra cultura e lhes inventa uma outra História".

– Milan Kundera. O Livro do Riso e do Esquecimento, 1978.

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17/03/2023

"O cavalo é uma nobre criatura que, com sua força e graça, inspira o homem a superar seus limites e conquistar o mundo."

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17/03/2023

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17/03/2023

When Sarah Dawson walked into the arena Friday night to be crowned the reined cow horse champion at The American Performance Horseman, she was accompanied by three very special beings: Shine Smarter, the mare who brought Sarah and Chris Dawson into a relationship and later a marriage; Chris, who also competed at TAPH and is a million-dollar rider like his wife; and their daughter, Hadley, who’s not quite 3 and who was very interested in grabbing the Rolex watch that was just awarded to her mom. Looking at them all and knowing how they are tied together, Sarah said, “This is what it’s about, is family. We wouldn’t be anywhere without each other. I think it’s incredible that this whole horse industry is a family within itself.”

And, of course, it was a night to celebrate 11-year-old Shine Smarter, who with Sarah in the saddle, led the rein-work portion with a score of 226 and also went on to win the fence-work portion with a 226.5. Shine Smarter is by WR This Cats Smart out of the Shining Spark mare Shiney Tari.

“This night is way more about her than it is me,” Sarah said. “She has been with me since the beginning, she has given me the opportunities that I have today, and I think out of all the money she has won, she has actually only won one championship title, so for her to do this tonight, it’s so special. I can’t put it into words. … I told Chris right after my run that it just felt right, from the moment I walked down here for the fence work, that mare, she was so quiet and so in the zone, it was just this feeling I had, and it felt right. To go out there and do it was amazing.”

TAPH added $125,000 to Shine Smarter’s lifetime earnings of $216,766 ➡️ www.robinglenn.com//NewShowResearch.aspx?res=960502, including both her individual reined cow horse win and her membership on the winning Team Blue. She was bred by American Quarter Horse Hall of Famer and AQHA 50-year breeder Carol Rose and Richard Bell and is owned by Linda Mars of Jackson, Wyoming. In addition to her show-ring accolades, Shine Smarter was also the 2020 AQHA-National Reined Cow Horse Association leading dam, having produced Selvarey (by Dual Rey), whom Sarah rode to the 2020 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity open championship.

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