Above: First Lady
Nancy Reagan,
here aboard Winkler, often accompanied President
Reagan on his rides
around their California ranch.
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until he developed a cyst in his shoulder and had to be
retired," Riggs said.
And equine gifts for the president were not as out of
the ordinary as one might think. The Spanish Riding
School also brought a horse to the south grounds of the
White House, performed a presentation, then presented
the horse to President Reagan.
In 1985, Riggs flew to Switzerland in advance of
President Reagan on the eve of his first meeting with
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in order to set up a
riding opportunity for him. She asked the U.S. Mission
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