Day: April 10, 2017

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14th Annual Day of the Horse in Chatsworth

Sponsored by the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council, the Historical Society and Congressman Mitchell Englander of the 12th district, crowds came out to Stoney Point Ranch on Sunday April 9, 2017 from 11-3 for the annual Day of the Horse.

Riders take practice jumps in the field before performing for crowds.
Mustang demonstrations in the center showed crowds maneuvering procedures.
And This Mustang was tame enough to ride in front of crowds.

There were also therapy horses for crowds to understand the proper uses of the horses.
There were 11 different Miniature Therapy Horses at the Day of The Horse in Chatsworth.
A Spotted Mule was showcased in the Parade of Horses so that people could see.
This picture was one of 400 submitted for this year’s festival and took Best of Show

 

Residents could enjoy free hot dogs and hamburgers compliments of the Kiwanis of Chatsworth and there was fun activities for the kids including making their own

Stick Horses to take home as well as

decorating personalized horseshoes.

In the center of the ranch riders showed off their skills with various tricks, jumps and training methods for different breeds of horses including trained mustangs.

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“Gifted” Review

While blockbusters, like Fox’s Boss Baby and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast are still taking the top spots at the box office, there is another heartwarming movie that is bringing light to a challenging question of education vs. being a child in this day of age.

Marvel’s Chris Evans plays single Uncle Frank as he is left to raise his 7 year old niece Mary (Mckenna Grace) after his sister decides to commit suicide.  Frank sees Mary’s gift for mathematics something that his sister possessed, but feels it is more important for Mary to have friends and be a kid, so he decides to enroll her in public education, even though his friend, Roberta (Octavia Spencer), is skeptical.   Mary is instantly bored and her teacher (Jenny Slate) sees more potential and starts the dominoes falling into place to where her grandmother (Lindsay Duncan) finds her grand daughter and sees fulfillment of a life long goal that her daughter had yet to accomplish.

At 1 hour and 41 minutes, Gifted will have you debating over what is more important, love and fun or education.  The Fox Spotlight movie came out on April 7 in select theaters and thus far has brought in just under half a million at the box office.  It’s definitely one to see for the family values and will leave the audience with a profound view of how gifted children should and should not be treated.

Gifted is currently playing in limited theaters near you.