Finally here! Inka and I arrived Monday night. So far, it's been very wet! We've done a little bit of riding,but mostly little odd jobs and running errands. There are six training horses right now. Two of them we started under saddle the last time I was down a few weeks ago- a Cleveland Bay gelding and a qh/friesian filly. They need some mileage so that they can be soft and reliable mounts for their riders. There are two horses from Kentucky, they will both be used as all around ranch horses. And two new horses came in this weekend. There is also Rusty, the horse I've been riding 'for me'. He's helping me adjust to riding with spurs. We went on an organized trail ride, we'll work cows together, and I enjoy having him to 'practice' on before I ride the colts.
Friday morning we brought a load of calves to the stockyard to sell for some of the neighbors. It was interesting to watch them separate them into their different pens. I should have brought my camera!
Some of the training horses
Muddy Inka!
Rusty
The cat ate my homework...
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Cows
My new boots and spurs! They've gotten a little bit of use this week. The hardest thing for me so far is keeping my leg on the horse without engaging the spurs, and then just rolling gently without bumping when I want to use them.
On our trail ride.
Ideally, I would post every couple of days, but I'm at a Starbucks now, as there is no wifi at the ranch, and I will probably only make it down once every week or two.
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