A four legged followup…

When it comes to the Olympic Dressage Trials, we Northern Californians have a horse in this race.

Rociero is our first Olympic hopeful with four legs and no opposable thumbs.  He’s owned by Auburn’s Margaret Carrera and Phil Joffe. 

The couple is in San Juan Capistrano for two weekends of dressage competition.  We’ll know by Sunday whether Rociero will head to China as an Olympic horse.

Here’s an emailed update I got from Margaret after last weekend’s events.

There was record heart in San Juan Capistrano.  Kristina and Rociero were not up to their usual game.  They still have a chance at the reserve position, but only if Kristina is able to pull it together for a clean ride.

And then there were two…

Erin Cafaro’s mom, Vian, emailed this picture and a short note to alert the media (that would be me) that both Erin and Mary Whipple have been officially named as Olympians.  They are official members of the women’s 8 team.  Erin will row the bow seat and Mary Whipple will take part in her second Olympics as coxswain.

So, that means we’ve got a little Nor Cal on both ends of the boat.   Congrats girls!