First ride today for Hagrid! A little sensitive in the beginning when he was learning the feel of my spurs rolling on his belly, but that’s normal for most horses being started. Overall a great first ride!
The Ko man is coming along nicely! ❤️ love this boy
Squabby
A 2 week transformation on “Squabby”, a 4 year old gelding who was kind of a known outlaw that I got into training to do some ground work and be started under saddle. He’s now a completely different horse and has a bright future ahead of him! Can’t wait to see how he continues to progress with me.
Trailer loading/ unloading is one of the first things I teach a colt so it will make hauling stress free and easy (for both the owner and the horse!)
Glad to be back at it! This year is going to be a good year!
Tonight was also Queso’s (a client horse I’ve been training) first time running and he pulled us a check in the 3D!
The Moe man also won us another one tonight! So extremely proud of how the boys worked
Porkchop (on the right) is one of the most well behaved stallions I have ever been around. He acts like a complete gentleman while the new 3 year old harasses him 🤣. Super excited to have him added to my little herd and I can’t wait to see what he makes!
Moe and I went to a barrel race last night at the last minute and won the open! So proud of how this guy is progressing
Why do I take so much time establishing ground work? Because this is what I want every first ride to look like! Miss Brandy was spooky and one to buck around the pen when you threw a saddle on her, now her demeanor is a night and day difference! I want every horse to feel comfortable and have an idea of the simple cues I’m going to ask before I ever swing a leg over them, so that most first rides can look like this one!
Couldn’t be prouder of my Moe man for the way he worked for me this past weekend! Even with two stumbles on the pattern, he still placed 10th up there with the big dogs in the 1D in the big spender race!
So proud of my Moe man yesterday! He’s not in shape and we made a jam up first run- but the timers messed up and we had to turn directly around and make ANOTHER run. Even though he was tired he still won us 3rd in the 1D! Love this colt and can’t wait to see what he turns into ❤️
Colts are always so dramatic with their first saddling 🤣 Mac Daddy may never be a good bronc, but I know he’s going to make a jam up riding horse! I can’t wait to get this guy started 🥰