Hubby brought a 4 year mare back from the States almost 2 years ago now. She had been a "predetermined broodmare" due to her sires accomplishments in the cutting ring so she was basically was left alone to grow up and eventually produce babies. She came with a foal on her and was back in foal so spent all last summer raising her baby. This spring she turned six and was definitely well over due to be started under saddle
I thought I'd share some videos from training session number 23 and by training session I don't mean saddle time because this gal had to learn to lead, tie, bath, pick up her feet, respect her handler, realize that a saddle wasn't a horse eating object, etc.... all the basics that most horses are taught between birth and two years.
We are SO pleased with her... often times, from our experience, horses past the age of about 4 years old really tend to show a bit of a stubborn streak when it comes to training but this gal has just been straight ahead from the get go! Her training is still pretty rough around the edges as you'll see in the videos; no finesse what so ever but with less than 30 days don't be too hard on her!
https://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y225/domijess/Jessy/?action=view¤t=034.mp4https://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y225/domijess/Jessy/?action=view¤t=048.mp4Hubby took her penning on day 25 and pulled off a first and third in the Open Division with two of his teams. A few pictures I managed to snap of them in action...
Coming in with his two brothers...
Sorting the wild beasts from afar
Separating the bad cow....
Running back to the pen
Getting ready for the next run
Pulling out a cow
Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:04 pm
