"You do know that a Pacer is a horse, right?" I've been known to say that to my sports lovin' kids. And they do, but I like to tease remind them about the fact that Indiana's two biggest professional sports teams, the Pacers and the Colts, are named after horses.
The Pacers' logo does not. Not a horse in sight. But that doesn't bother Pacers fans. (Those blue and yellow colors? Just like Breyer!)
Especially when they've made it to the NBA Finals playoffs.
Pony Pal Mila loves to face paint, and she has been offering to paint her family whenever Indiana and Oklahoma are playing a game in the finals. So far the Pacers lead the series, and if Mila paints my face for the next game, I am going to ask her to add something horsey, just because!
Purdue University, however, has no problems when it comes to horses - it has a team of them. A team that just won the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association National Championship! Read about the team itself here.
The team's barn is located close to Rick and Leslie's farm in Brookston at Camp Tecumseh, a YMCA camp that draws kids from around the world every summer for a variety of camps and trainings. Pony Pals and Cowpokes Ian, Mila, Lukie, Julie, Kate, and Susie go to camp there every summer (and will be attending in just a few weeks. Can't wait to see them all!)
I used to take my students there for a program that Camp Tecumseh offers about early Indiana life. This blog post from 2016 has pictures of the horsey sides of Camp T and a look inside the barn that Purdue now uses for its equestrian team.
(And in a fun trivia bit, in the early days of Purdue's Equestrian Team, Tim was their faculty advisor at Purdue.)
I have to scoot as I have an early appointment today. In the meantime, don't forget the June Give Away! Comment on any blog post posted starting with yesterday and ending Saturday night at 11:59 PM EDT.
Up for grabs is a commemorative pin celebrating Fonso, the 1880 Kentucky Derby winner!
There may or may not be a second post of the day. Stay 'tooned!
