Horse: September 2010 Archives
The show actually kicks off Friday morning with riding events beginning at 7:30 a.m. each day through the weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 10-12) at Ernie Howlett Park in Rolling Hills Estates.
The event raises money for Children's Hospital Los Angeles -- specifically for the Clinical Imaging Research and Technology Program -- and is presented each year by the Peninsula Committee Children's Hospital.
Admission Friday is free for everyone. On Saturday and Sunday, admission is $5 for adults (children 4-12 are $2 each and those under 4 are free).
For more information, go to the Portuguese Bend Horse Show fact sheet or check the the show's website. You can also call the information line at 310-318-8258.



Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(