We all know how miserable star thistle is; painful to walk through, dangerous for eyes, and potentially deadly to the horse if much of it is consumed. Ingestion of the weed over a period of time leads to neurological damage manifested as difficulty in swallowing. An afflicted horse is unable to eat or drink, and […]

LIVING AN ART…. “I think of myself as more of a representative of an old art, an old way of working,” says Enrique (Ricky) Suarez, the draft horse trainer for CAVALIA and a fifth-generation circus performer whose family has been renowned for their talents with horses for decades. PBack in the 1920s and 1930s there […]

COMPETITION TO CENTER STAGE…. One of the big differences Eric Martonovich has encountered while touring with CAVALIA from his prior experiences as an international vaulting competitor, was perhaps the least anticipated. “Except for something around Halloween, I never had to do any makeup,” laughs Martonovich, a two-time national vaulting champion, who competed at the World […]