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Article: At Frying Pan Park, the fire of competition.(Family Times)(Events)(Field Trips)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 6, 2001
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Trainer Brad Fincher instructs his students from the sidelines as their horses trot around the ring. "Use your voice," he calls. "He's moving well underneath you. Let him relax.
"A lot of them get real nervous out there," he says. Mr. Fincher is talking about the riders, not the horses, competing in an equitation class at Frying Pan Park in Herndon.
The Fairfax County Park Authority property, with its huge indoor arena and two outdoor riding rings, hosts a horse show nearly every weekend. The 98-acre park also contains Kidwell Farm, representative of an early 1900s family farm and home to a barnyard full of animals to visit and learn about. Early ...
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