Circ de Jose is a group of Jose Aviles students that enjoy doing exhibitions for entertainment.  The group began with the 2006 Horse Festival with Jose and his students Roma Lisa Gray, Rebecca Gilpatrick, and Erin Tessman.  Since then they have been joined by Carol Shannon and Susan James.  We come from a variety of backgrounds. Our discipline is Jose's unique combination of Vaquero, Baroque equitation and of course, Circus. Our goals are building our communication skills with our horses while having fun, entertaining, and for Jose and Rebeccca, promoting the rare Colonial Spanish Horses.  Our equine partners are as follows: Roma Lisa and Abrasadora, a 7 yo Andalusian mare, Rebecca and Chisto, a 7yo Colonial Spanish gelding, Erin and Willie, a 8 yo paint gelding, Carol and Gringo, a 9 yo Cremello Quarter horse gelding, and Susan and Espresso, a 10 yo Paso Fino stallion owned by Jose. Jose rides various horses and for part of this year's performance he will be riding Indio, a 7 yo Arabian gelding. 


Barcode is a 7 yo Grant's Zebra stallion owned and trained by Jose Aviles. Jose acquired him from a local veterinarian as a 3 yo when he became too unruly for her to handle. He is and will always remain a wild animal. However, Jose has worked wonders with him, teaching him some manners and tricks and he has adjusted well to domestic life. He is the proud father of Zonkey Jote (pronounced Ho-tay) a zebra-donkey cross, that also belongs to Jose. As Jote matures he will be joining the Circ de Jose exhibitions.