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MARCH 6, 2015 THE FRIDAY FLYER A-3 Dorothy and her horses, a 9-decade passion . . .
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As with any sport, there are dangers. Sometime around age 35, she had a bad accident while riding a friend’s horse. The horse reared and fell over on top of her, requiring a total hip replacement (the first of three) and stay in a hospi- tal. “The doctors told me not to ever get back on a horse,” she says with a smile, “So naturally I got right back on.” Noth- ing keeps you from your life’s passion.
Dorothy reminisces happily about several horses: Polly, Ebony, Mae (“I liked her a lot,” she says), Scamp, Mag- gie – there were a few. “I can hardly think of a time not having a horse,” she notes. At one point, she happened to ride a special breed of horse, a Tennessee Walking Horse. “It was so smooth,” she says, “when I got the opportunity to buy it (the horse), I did!”
That was the beginning of a brand new love, Tennessee Walking Horses, which led to another new love, compet- ing in specialty horse shows for Tennes- see Walkers.
Dorothy is a natural rider with a natu- rally good seat. She quickly became a top amateur competitor and won many ribbons. She even rode and competed on other horses for their owners.
For those unfamiliar with riding, and contrary to popular myth, the horse does not do all the work! Riding (correct rid- ing, that is) is real work – cardio, bal- ance and strength requiring concentra- tion and communication (through legs, hands, seat and body) with an animal that doesn’t speak and has a mind of its own. Not to mention that an average horse weighs upward of 1,300 pounds. Practicing for competitions takes dili- gence and many, many hours each week both on and off the horses.
A couple of years after losing Don, Dorothy met a new man. David Doman- ski had lost his wife the same year that Dorothy had lost her husband. The two were introduced at a party. Both saw something special in the other, but it was
Dorothy and Cruiser competed at many national horse shows and won more often than they lost. In this photo, Dorothy is in her upper 80s, Cruiser in his mid 20s.
outgoing Dorothy who asked Dave for his number.
“She said wanted my recipe from India,” Dave says with a sparkle in his eyes. The two were married soon after on August 5, 2000, and “have been hav- ing fun ever since,” he adds. They be-
gan their life together with a three-week honeymoon in Europe that included a stop in Tennessee for the Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration, the world’s largest and most prestigious show for Tennessee Walkers.
It was there that Dave became en-
tranced with these special horses, say- ing, “How do they do that!” (referring to the striking gait with which these horses are born).
One of Dave’s favorite stories is the
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