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Damian Gardiner on Quietude
It is extremely rare to see a warmblood jumper of this colour (palomino). He was of such striking colour that I knew I just *had* to take his picture for posterity.
I have tried to find information about this horse (and rider) all over the internet, but alas to no avail. I've always wondered what happened to this horse; what kind of career he had, where he ended up, or even whether if he is still alive today.
Taken at Spruce Meadows, (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
July 2002.
UPDATE 20/05/2007:
I received this email from a knowledgeable and frequent Spruce Meadows attendee who writes:
Damian Gardner is an Irish rider, that WAS training out of California, but that was four/five years ago, ...can't remember the last time he was up at Spruce, perhaps he has quit training.
This horse (who is not a "Grand Prix" horse, as this ring only goes up to the 1.45 meter division) has probably gone the way of most other hopefuls unfortunately.....
He sure is pretty though...
UPDATE 16/09/2013:
Alas, Damian Gardiner passed away, at the age of 43 at his San Diego, California home.
Gardiner was originally from County Mayo, Ireland, but moved to the California west coast where he lived for nearly 20 years. He won 175 Grand Prix events around the world and rode in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia; along with with teammates Eddie Macken, Peter Charles and Jessica Kürten-Chesney.
[SOURCE:
www.horsetalk.co.nz/2013/09/16/showjumper-damian-gardiner... ]
View of the hotel grounds from our room at the Marriott on Zamalek, an island in the middle of the Nile in downtown Cairo. Egypt, September 2002.
Painted in 2002. Freestyle with a little bit of a different style then what I was normally painting in the 90's. I didn't do a lot of piecing in the 2000's and really wanted to start to rock more of a 3D looking style with some 2d letters. I used to cut my lines and do some layering with this style. This piece is actually pretty little. It fits in between an 8 ft. garage door. I think this was done for some Hip Hop jam or something at Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis. I just know that it was one of the only pieces I painted that year. To the right of me is the start of an Ewok HM/Msk piece. I never even stayed around to see how the whole production turned out. I never got finished photos of the wall either. If anyone has any good ones and remembers why we painted this. Let me know. I can only assume that I was probably drinking pretty heavily that day and that is why I can't remember shit about the production. I actually think the piece framing was someone in the productions idea. Hell, it could have been mine....... Oh well..... Looks like it was a good day.
Parked shot of a Celica using the 70-200. Taken handheld, then processed using TRA. Cleaned in Lightroom, then used Super Fun Happy + EZ Burn + YingYang.
Had fun trying to remove the license plate characters.
For more, see Tom's profile: www.flickr.com/photos/39718174@N03/
01 DICIEMBRE 2002..PARTIDO AMISTOSO DE LOS VETERANOS DEL DEPORTIVO Y EL EQUIPO DE LOS MEDICOS, CON VICTORIA BLANQUIAZUL POR 3-1. ARSENIO IGLESIAS ENTREGO EL TROFEO AL GOLEADOR DE LOS MEDICOS MIKI. Y TRABA RECOGIO EL TROFEO AL VENCEDOR
Evening upon South Devon's height-vantaged coastline sees Class60 60007 upon 10.00 Cliffe Vale-St Blazey Polybulk empties clear Dawlish. Loaded to 10 plus a Cargowagen.
17th July 2002
Re-edited 5-11-2023
One of 2 special SD70M's painted for the 2002 Olympic games. 2002 is the only one active as 2001 is wasting away unserviceable in storage.
Near the Royal Livingstone Hotel in the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park.
A transmitter disguised as a palm tree.
We celebrated Christmas 2002 with Branden's family at Ft. Hood, Texas.
The grandkids in front of the Christmas tree with their presents.
Bill, Jim, Kate Lynn & Liz at Tara's wedding - October 2002
St. Luke's-in-the-Garden chapel:
www.doorsopenlondon.ca/participating_sites/view/st_lukes_...