Mustang Saga

Mustang Days!

Look what we did! Holy cow this has been my best birthday ever.

We actually only entered 4 classes, but there were two judges, so we got a ribbon for each.

Here's Tonka waiting around:

This is Star from the Fallon Mustang Ranch. She's a Coyote Lakes horse too, and she's for sale. Go to www.spanishhorsesoffallon.com for more info on her.


Waiting for the halter class. Left to right you have Mouse, Shu-Fly, Tonka, Dixie, and Mestino.I just love Tonka's tail in this picture:

Here's (part of) the lineup. Tonka, Mouse, Shu.

One blue, and either a 2nd or third place, I don't remember, for halter class.
(I should note that I don't know how to smile for a camera, never have. It's not a good thing.)

Trotting in the walk-trot class:

Two blues! I should point out that Shu was the only other horse in the class, and Lori said she's not even really broke to ride. (Shu-Fly is a Coyote Lakes horse too, and has the same feet Tonka has. He thought she was pretty. She thought he was annoying.)

Here's Mestino doing the in-hand trail course. He'd never been away from home! He placed really well and I don't know about his people, but I was really proud of him! I have pictures of him from two years ago, he was in a gentling demo and adopted at the same adoption I got Tonka at. He's a very handsome boy. I didn't get any good full-body shots of him. I want to say he's from Sand Springs, but I'm not positive.

After the in-hand trail:
We also did a riding trail course. Both the in-hand and mounted class gave me a good idea of the things we really need to work on. So I've got a plan for the next few weeks. There's a trail competition closer to home two weeks from now, I think we're going to go for it.

Now, I should say the competition wasn't very stiff, and there weren't many of us there. I think at a bigger open show we wouldn't even have come near placing. But eventually I think we're going to go places!

I want to say a big thank you to Cathy for taking these pictures! I know you had a lot to do and I really appreciate you taking the time to get such good pictures for me. And thanks so much for the coupon for the free 8x10 from the photographer. I think I'm going to have to start a scrapbook for my boy.

Thanks to Lea and Bob for all their hard work on the event. It was a lot of fun.

I can't begin to say how much I appreciate my trainer too. Since I started taking lessons with Debi I have made so much progress and realized how many things I was doing wrong that were causing Tonka to have a hard time. Just in the past few weeks we've made huge strides. I would have looked like an idiot out there without Debi's help. I know Tonka and I still have a long ways to go, but we've come a ways from where we started, and it feels good to know we're doing okay.

I think I'd better go. I'm wiped out. I'll probably babble on about it some more later.