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Congratulations, Kathy.  He sounds like another "keeper!"
Laney

Sherman wrote:
> Angie, your horse sounds like a dream. Did you pinch yourself yet? Sorry 
> I don't have a name to offer. I like the previous suggestion of Keeper 
> though.
>  
> I have a sort of new horse story, too. I bought my 8yr, 14.1H, unbroke, 
> unreg, purebred Arab gelding (I think maybe he looks CMK, very stout, 
> straight profile) at the Lake Oroville ride last November. I'd seen him 
> on the internet, saw a little video clip of him so I could see how he 
> moves (glides), a friend who knows Bob Edwards had him take a look at 
> him just to see if there was anything obvious that would make him not 
> suitable for endurance. The owner brought him to Oroville from Alturas 
> for me, it was his first time away from home, he'd had a long trip, 
> spent "ride day" in a stock trailer as he was too stressed out to be 
> tied alone, and everyone I knew was riding as was the owner (she'd 
> recently bought Bob's horse Zuma, the boomerang horse, kept coming back 
> to Bob 'cause he had a bucking problem, but not to worry, Wendy has 
> taken care of that). Anyway, poor Sonny (my new guy) was incorrigible by 
> the time we put him in my trailer to go home (I was almost thinking I 
> should back out of the deal at this point) banging, kicking etc. for 
> about 30 min 'til we left, then another good 30 minutes on the road.
>  
> Sounds bad so far, but his good nature returned as soon as I unloaded 
> him at home. I recently started riding him, and after only 4 rides (2 in 
> round pen, one in large arena, one in pasture, never any buck, refusing, 
> and very little confusion) decided I trusted him enough to take out on 
> the trail. I went with another rider with an experienced, non-spooky, 
> well-behaved trail horse, and little Sonny did absolutely wonderful. 
> Just barely shying at a few "horse eating" burnt or rotted out logs, 
> didn't worry about buzzards flying up suddenly out of the rocks (we rode 
> the Folsom Lake lower trail out of Sterling Pt, in CA for those not 
> familiar with the area), and he was even brave enough to lead part of 
> the way going out & ALL the way returning. Has a nice fast walk, is so 
> smooth at the trot that it's nearly impossible to post, and was very 
> forward and curious the entire ride. Didn't jig or try to catch up when 
> the other horse rode out of sight, loves eating on the trail, drank 
> some, and when he had to pee he didn't wait 'til we stopped, he just 
> came to a stop on his own & let it flow.
>  
> If we continue like this, look for him to be at local 50s next year!
>  
> Kathy
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