A couple of weeks ago I did his tail up in mud knots (a post by Stacy Westfall with a video that shows how) and I'm happy that they have stayed in this long.
Coyote Belle is getting larger every day, and she has huge milk veins. I'm going to start camping out next to her stall on Friday, which will be 11 months from her breeding. She is shedding like crazy, way more than the other horses.
Rio is loading like a pro now, I can just send him in and he steps right up. I plan to take him on some short hauls, maybe with Chickory for company. I think he's going to be a lot of fun to work with this year, he learns so fast. I see plenty of in hand trail exercises and sacking out in the near future for him. Once I get Gussie going and settled down in to work mode, I'll start ponying him too. It helps me to have goals, as I tend to procrastinate. Ground work for Rio, and plenty of miles on Gussie are my two main horse goals this year, along with riding Beamer as much as possible. Sounds simple, but when you have 3 horses to work with, as well as a foal to halter and teach to lead, and a day job too, it all comes down to time management. And that's a big reason that Chickory is for sale.
Anyone else set their horse goals yet this year?
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I've never heard of mud knots, interesting.
Lots on your plate too I see.My Goals are pretty much set this year too, though I am cheating and sending a few out .Want to ride Johnnie and Annie, get Cat and Andee going , Phoenix the the trainer (working cow horse fellow) work with the babies till they are sold, watch the new babies arrive and grow, sleep occasionally...
I'm guessing the knots keep his tail out of the mud and helps keep it clean? Enjoy the weather, its too hot for this time of year in Tennessee, its hitting 85deg F today, the folks love it and I hate it..:-))
We just need more hours in a day. And less winter to get all the goals done. But then i guess we would just want to do more stuff. It hasnt been muddy here this year yet which I greatly appreciate but it is still early.
Just to ride more.
Horse goal is
A)get to Kalispell for some events
B)get farmers arms
C) see where he's at, maybe the sale sign time, depends.
I need to learn how to do those mud knots, especially considering how much rain and mud we get here!!!
My one main goal is to get my filly broke this year! I want to be hitting the trails by the end of summer!
I need to learn how to do that, too! My horses are all looking ratty. I have a big horse goal coming round the corner--my filly Cia is heading to my trainer. She just got her first set of shoes on this morning to prepare for the journey--it'll be steep, rocky, dry, terrain on a cattle ranch. I'm super excited!! It'll give me the month to work solely with Beautiful, too. I'm going to get her going under saddle as well.
As soon as it stops snowing, raining, and just being yucky outside my horse goals are 1) Ride 5 days a week ponying one horse and riding the other 2 of those days. 2) Attend 3 barrel races this year with Remi. 3) Get Fiona walk/trotting pattern before the snow fly's. 4) Ride somewhere I don't usually go...what/where to be determined
later! 5) Run Tari at a local barrel race this fall before the seasons out! (0:
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