Country music blares. Folks are line dancing. In Goat Dressing, two contestants jam a pair of men's undershorts onto a farm animal. For all the camp, there's real poignancy, too. In a formal ceremony, a riderless horse is led around the ring.
Cowboy boots rest, sans wearer, in the stirrups.
The pair lives on a five-acre property on the outskirts of L.A. County. In his temporary stall at the Hansen Dam center, Tux bops his head up and down like a kid listening to dope hip-hop. Deming-Le rides him. She's been riding horses since the age of 5. Le rides him.