In 1998, on a day where the weather forecast issued a “tornado warning”, a black National Walking Horse with a snip on his nose was born.  TORNADO, as he was fittingly named, is a gelding and the smallest of the national walking horse herd at 15.3 hands.  He has been a versatile addition to the training course and can be used as a demonstration animal in all aspects of the TLAER course, gaining his certification in 2002.  He is related to all of the other National Walking Horses in the TLAER program by being the product of the same sire.  He has several good tricks to share with students (picks up sticks, loads in trailers without a halter and lead, comes on command, and is playing on Level III Parelli Savvy Natural Horsemanship, which means Rebecca sometimes rides him without a bridle or halter and he performs most ground skills at liberty.  Tornado spends his off time trail riding, being a lesson horse for riders who are not very confident, and grazing in the pasture in Pendleton, South Carolina.