… just in time for Halloween, you know?

I went over to the Horse Park’s covered arena briefly today (it’s COLD in there, so I didn’t stay very long). But I had to see some of the “obstacle” course for this year’s (27th annual!) Mounted Police Colloquium. This is the event where mounted police from all over the country … and their patient horses … compete to see who can walk calmly past (or through), or stand quietly next to all manner of potentially scary sights and sounds. The competition caps off nearly a week of classes and “sensory training” for the horses and their riders.

This Clydesdale was feeling a bit spooked by the commotion, but all in all, didn’t do too badly:

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And this horse (in the next two videos) was one cool cucumber. I get the feeling he’s done this before.