Diamonds Made From Horse Hair Offered

Three-day event rider Ronald Zabala-Goetschel loves his four-star level event horse Che Mr. Wiseguy so much that he is planning to manufacture a diamond out of a bit of Wiseguy’s mane, so that he will have a little treasure to remember the horse by forever.

A native of Quito, Ecuador, Zabala-Goetschel rides and trains with Dutton and Silva Martin in the United States. He and Che Mr

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Three-day event rider Ronald Zabala-Goetschel loves his four-star level event horse Che Mr. Wiseguy so much that he is planning to manufacture a diamond out of a bit of Wiseguy’s mane, so that he will have a little treasure to remember the horse by forever.

A native of Quito, Ecuador, Zabala-Goetschel rides and trains with Dutton and Silva Martin in the United States. He and Che Mr Wiseguy have already been selected to represent Ecuador at the World Equestrian Games next year.

He first heard about manufactured diamonds made of human hair, horse mane, or cat or dog hair, when he was traveling in Brazil. It was a few days before April Fools’ Day, and Zabala-Goetschel thought the friend who told him about the diamonds was pulling his leg.

“Then they showed me the diamonds and they are beautiful,” he said

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Amber Heintzberger is a journalist, photographer and award-winning author of Beyond the Track: Retraining the Thoroughbred from Racehorse to Riding Horse (Trafalgar Publishing, 2008). She lives in New York City.

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