A member of the RCMP Musical Ride, Genevieve was bitten by her horse at the stables a week previous to the June 3 show at Fort Battleford. Apparently, the horse became spooked and bit her leg, but the skin wasn’t broken. Usually a stern word given is all the discipline that is needed; they never hit their horses, she explained. However, she had to sit out the two Battleford shows and the next Manitoba show in Brandon due to the injury. She is seen here with a quilt made for her by her friends from the Big River/Debden area, where she was stationed for three years before moving back to her home province of Quebec. The quilt commemorates the Canada 150 celebration, featuring everthing from a beaver to a lobster, to an RCMP Musical Rider to the lyrics to O Canada. Her comment was that her mates will all want one too. Her friends came to Battleford because they wanted to see her ride, but they were equally excited to spend time chatting to her from the sidelines and learning more about her riding with the Musical Ride.
