Graduation Videis
Endy, our gentle giant, was the last of our 2024 training horses. Endy is a 12 year old Percheron mare who completed 90 days of colt starting. Endy lived most of her life at Angola prison after being turned out, being used as a broodmare. Her owners want her to start a career as a mounted patrol horse or if anyone is interested in their next trail partner, you need to give this girl a consideration. Endy stands around 16 hands and, even though she’s big, she’s had multiple people on her, most of them beginners. Shes done lessons and is a joy to be around. She’s calm and gentle, and never blows up. If you have a pond, she’ll be in there all day. Even though she got a later start, Endy is going to make someone very happy or she’ll be a great partner on the mounted police force. Happy graduation, Endy!
Graduation Videos
Getting caught up on our 2024 graduation videos. Sun Frosts Roany “Stetson” is our second to last official graduate from 2024. He is a 4 year old quarter horse gelding, used as a ranch horse, that was in training for 60 days.
He came to handle some spookiness and some furthering his handle under saddle. Stetson can ride in round pens, arenas and the open pasture, but due to rainy and cold weather, it kept us from filming on specific days. The beginning of the video shows our intern, Taylor, demonstrating Stetson able to handle things swinging around his head.
Happy graduation Stetson!
Graduation Videos
Izzy completed 60 days of colt starting with us this past weekend at Munday Morning Acres. Izzy is a 3 year old quarter horse mare who will be a trail and husband horse. She was adopted from Rocking R Ranch and Rescue, Inc. last year.
If you remember Pistol that we started last summer, that was the same rescue he came from. Well Izzy is his full sister and they were both adopted by the same family! Izzy was too small at the time to come for training so her family agreed to let her have a year to grow and kept their promise to send her here once she was ready.
Now she towers over her brother, and the two have many shared traits and ride similar. We are so happy that we’ve been able to help out their family over the past year with these two, and now Izzy can join her brother on the trails!
Happy graduation Izzy!
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Koda is a 13 year old Appaloosa mare that will be available for adoption at Mississippi Horses. She has been with us the last 60 days to be started under saddle. Koda was rescued and taken to a foster home for a couple years but there wasn’t a lot known about her past. We started her like a regular colt start but you could tell she’s been ridden before. She loves the obstacle course and would make someone a good trail horse! If you are interested in Koda, please reach out to Mississippi Horses and happy graduation to Koda!
Meet Cruiser. He is a 9 year old gaited gelding that came to Munday Morning Acres 6 months ago for training due to being very aggressive.
Well, Cruiser did not disappoint regarding being aggressive. He was the type of horse that would rear, strike and bite when he was forced to do something. Once Cruiser figured out we would ask him to do something before telling him, he became very soft and more importantly very willing to do whatever was asked of him.
He became so soft and willing that we would use him during lessons to demonstrate how a soft and willing a horse should feel. Once we found Cruiser’s brain, we found a different horse than the one that came in for training. Not only did he have a great mental change, he also made a great physical change. (See a few post down for his before and after photos)
Happy graduation Cruiser. You were a great teacher.
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Charlie is a 6 year old Tennessee Walking gelding that just finished at Munday Morning Acres. Charlie was nervous about going forward under saddle, very green on his steering, and was very limited on his education when he first got here. Charlie will make a good trail horse as he is confident and not afraid of much. We are excited to see him and his owner’s future endeavors. Happy Graduation, Charlie!
Graduation Videos
Molly has been one of the coolest horses to work with the past 6 weeks. She is a 9 year old Quarter Horse mare is leaving tomorrow. She came for a tune up. Her and her owner are heading to a week long retreat in November, and we had a blast figuring her out. Happy Graduation, Molly!
Graduation Videos
Buck is an 18 year old Quarter Horse gelding that left yesterday after 30 days at Munday Morning Acres. Buck was purchased as a family horse, but he was underweight when they got him home. His family did an amazing job putting weight back on this guy but when he started feeling better, he became a little hot headed and explosive under saddle. So they sent him to us so we could help. His owner came out at least once a week, sometimes twice, during his stay here to get lessons on him, and they both grew from their education together! And his owners will be continuing lessons with us in the future. We are very excited to see Buck and his family enjoy life together and grow. Happy Graduation Buck!
Graduation Videos
Ruby is a 3 year old Quarter Horse mare that finished up 60 days of colt starting at Munday Morning Acres! She left at the end of September and went to her owners ranch to help check his cattle. Happy Graduation, Ruby!
Graduation Videos
TCF Stilish Cat “Ajax” was here last year for 90 days of ground work when he was around 18 months old. He came back this year as a two and half year old to get started under saddle for 120 days. Ajax is an awesome, young quarter horse stud colt with the best brain. He is now heading to a reputable working cow horse training in Texas to further his education, and we hope to see him in the show arena sometime next year! Happy Graduation Ajax!
Graduation Videos
In June, we had Tesoro, a 15 year old Paso Fino gelding, come for a 30 day tune up at Munday Morning Acres. Tesoro was one of the horses that had competed in the Heart of the Horse last year in the professional division along with me and my horse, Petra.
Tesoro was adopted locally but his owner wanted him to have more training under his belt before they started hitting the trails together. Tesoro would go from hot and ready to go to cold and sticky within a few minutes of the ride, so we mainly worked on him having a consistent mindset but being quiet when he was hot and being a very active rider when he was sticky.
But once he found a place in the middle of all that, we were consistent with the long rein and quiet leg as a release to encourage him to stay in the nice, middle ground during work.
Along with that, we focused on his obstacle work and trailer loading (Note: we did not do the mattress because of a wasps nest had made its home in them). My students also loved riding Tesoro and he helped out in a couple lessons while he was here.
Happy graduation, Tesoro!
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At the end of June, Doc completed 60 days of training at Munday Morning Acres. Doc is a 9 year old, Spotted Saddle Horse gelding that came with Ted and Rudy. For the two other boys, training went by quickly and the two were able to move to their new home, but Doc had to stay behind a little longer.
Doc had been all over the United States as a seasoned trail horse but he was a very unsure horse, and possessed a spooky streak. It was easy to make him nervous, and his first response was the run through you. This horse didn’t know what the do the first time he walked on a loose rein.
But Doc’s personality started shining through, and he became a sweet horse who wanted to please but just needed the chance to make the right decisions instead of being hounded with too much pressured. This horse ended up being one of Dad’s favorite client horses. He’s one of the smoothest horses that’s come through barn, and was one of the first gaited horses dad got to work with. Doc learned to relax and learned that not all pressure meant build speed or take off towards the nearest exit.
Happy graduation, Doc!
