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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON , Rappahannock Newt Contributing Writer • It was a horse — a single, special Borse — that turned Chris AppelBucierka into a vaulter 15 years ago. ! “I was working my mare, Topaz. She’s a 15-hands draft horse mutt, passive and solid. And someone said she was perfect for vaulting,” recalls Mrs. Appel-Bucierka, who will be conducting a vaulting clinic at Mountain Springs Stable in Sperryville this Saturday.
‘“Oh yeah? What’s vaulting?’ I asked. I saw, I tried, I was hooked!” she says. She worked with a group in Great Falls for two years, learning the moves used in this unique mounted version of gymnastics, then moved to Chantilly where she started her own team.
She went on to lead teams to the national championships in 1982 and 1985. Her 1982 winners at the trot were the first ever East Coast contingent to advance that far. At 40, Mrs. Appel-Bucierka still vaults occasionally when a stubborn student balks at trying a move, giving the teacher a “bet-you-can’t-do-it”
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