CARLOS ARAMBURO

WaveJumpers - Team Captain
Hometown: Wilmington, NC

-Married to Carolina Fernandez-Aramburo, daughter Sophy.

-Pets: 3 dogs - Onyx, Boogie and Daisy.

-Hobbies (outside of horses): Snowboarding, tennis, woodworking.

-Other business you have been in or are still in:
Horses only.

-Equine related awards/noteworthy events:
Several national championships in Bolivia in the Children, Junior, Adult and Open divisions. In 1983 selected to represent Bolivia in the Pan-American Games. Head of the NCHJA Jumper Committee and member of the Board of Directors 2005-2008. Awarded NCHJA Sportsman of the Year for 2004, and Horseman of the Year for 2005 and 2006.

-Why do yo love the idea of City League:
Showing in teams is a great idea, it will definetely help the sport of showjumping grow and bring more spectators.

-Who is going to be your biggest competitor - who do you want to beat the most and why?
Everybody in the league. I don't want to beat any specific person/team, I want to beat them all : )

-Tell us anything fascinating/heart tugging about your favorite horse, dog, ferret, whatever:
My Junior horse "007", an Argentine thoroughbred broke his wither bone and he was blind in one eye. With all that he still had the biggest heart and jumped anything you put in front of him. He was the horse on which I qualified for the Pan-Am games. He was the best horse I ever had.

-Noteworthy injuries:
Rode with fractured leg for a month and ended up braking the bone the day I was off to give a clinic, so had to keep riding. It healed... slowly.

-Any major obstacle you have overcome in life and/or sacrifices you have made in order to stay in the horse biz:
Having to live far from family and friends- home country: Bolivia

-What is the most harrowing, exhilarating, frightening, poignant, memorable, adrenal rushing anecdote in your life? It does not have to be horse related:
Car racing - rally style with my parent's car without them knowing... or finding out till years later.

-What the fans should know about you..
I love this sport and I'm willing to do what I can to help promote it.