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Re: [RC] unhandled 1 year old - Laney Humphrey

If you're into watching training videos virtually every trainer has one on starting colts. I'd especially look for ones featuring handling mustangs since they haven't been handled.
Here's one I'd better would be very good
http://www.lesleyneuman.com/video.htm

and here's a good site
http://www.whmentors.org/index.html

Laney

kramspott@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Can anyone give some advice on what the best approach is to begin handling a completely untouched 1 year old mare?
She is a rescue paso fino/appaloosa cross. Followed Mom onto the trailer but does not let humans touch her. Common sense dictates patience but thats about all I can figure out.
Good things are she is curious and likes grain and has eaten out of my hand already. The yearlings Mom is also on the property and is as gentle and sweet as can be, been ridden and handled plenty but is almost skin and bone. Is it possible the baby will warm up to humans by seeing Mom has no problem with them?
I don't want to just keep feeding her grain to get anywhere near her but I don't want to try to get a halter on her by locking her in a stall.
--

Kathy


    -------------- Original message --------------
    From: "Chris Paus" <chrisnstar@xxxxxxxxxxx>

    Did you all see that little 14H pony that Karen O' Conner rode at
    Rolex??????? Don't discount small horses!

    A friend of mine, Marybelle Cooper, who has lots and lots of AERC
    and CTR miles and has been in this sport for decades, won a lot of
    AHA awards with a tiny little Arab mare. That mare could just go and
    go and they were a heck of a team. The mare was well into her 20s
    when Marybelle finally retired her.

    I bought a horse 6years ago that people laughed at. He has terrible
    conformation. Looks like he was put together by committee. He was
    narrow chested, calf kneed, cow hocked and saggy backed at age 5.
    Had a pointy flat butt.

    Well, after a few months of hill climbing, carrying a heavyweight
    rider, that horse looked completely different! He developed nice
    round butt muscles which improved the cowhockedness a lot. His chest
    developed stronger which improved the calf knee issue. The horse is
    an awesome little guy who just won't quit on you. He's my grandson's
    horse now, but I ride him as a backup.

    When I first got this horse goofy looking horse. So many people told
    me I made a mistake, except my farrier. He looked at this horse and
    said, "there's your Tevis horse."

    I haven't done Tevis with him, but have done a lot of CTR and he's
    filled in when STar's been out of commission.




    /""Let your efforts rise above your excuses," Denny Emerson, Gold
    Medal Olympic equestrian/

Chris

BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus

    Lake RegionSWA http://lakeregionswa.fws1.com
    <http://lakeregionswa.fws1.com/>



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        From: /"rides2far@xxxxxxxx" <rides2far@xxxxxxxx>/
        To: /tazrus69@xxxxxxxxx/
        CC: /ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
        Subject: /[RC] Dainty Horses/
        Date: /Tue, 8 May 2007 11:51:29 GMT/
         >I wouldn't be too quick to turn my back on her. First, what is
         >*your* idea of dainty? If you're coming from a roping and jumping
         >background any "radiator" horse may look dainty at first. Next, I
         >believe you said you weigh about 132 but tack out around 185? Why?
         >How *big* is your saddle? Will a saddle that big fit this horse
         >anyway? I weigh about the same as you but tack out closer to 165-
         >170..and Ortho-Flexes are considered heavy by some. There's
        plenty of
         >saddles that run much lighter.
         >
         >I love a horse with a good "float" and if she's a pretty mover
        that's
         >a good start. If she doesn't interfere and is efficient that
        means a
         >LOT. If her attitude is such that she doesn't waste energy
        fighti ng
         >you and put her body in an inefficient posture, that's worth a
        lot.
         >If there happens to be a good engine in there you may have
        something
         >special.
         >
         >Go to the Biltmore coverage and look at the photos of Cash
        Pony, Joni
         >Buttram's little horse. He might be considered "light" by some
        but he
         >is a 100 mile machine. You should have heard him squealing and
         >carrying on when they took him back to his corral *after*
        doing that
         >muddy 100!
         >
         >Angie
         >
         >
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