Last week I returned from my one big out-of-town summer horse show adventure: two weeks competing at the new Tryon International Equestrian Center in North Carolina. And let me tell you, that place was super cool! It was not, however, physically cool; mid-July on the North and South Carolina border is sweltering.

Horses and riders could keep cool under the many shaded waiting areas with overhead fans

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