Well, here’s a post you squeamish readers may want to skip! Since it’s just a part of ranchlife, you know I’ll include it, but, the photos that come up, may not be for viewing over your morning coffee. Now that I’ve lost a few of you… Remember our surprise colt, Jackpot??? Cute little, tiny, itsy…
Category: Horses
Jewel
Sorry to disappoint you #tbt fans once again, but we have had a very tiny, wonderful, surprise today. Daniel was on his way to check his irrigating as he does every morning… And he noticed one of our new ponies, Jackie, lying alone. She has been turned out of the corral since the kids’ rodeo….
New Girls
Greet Ranch has a couple of new girls! Meet Jaycee and Jackie… These two little ponies will be a start for all the grandkids… getting them used to balance and movement, confidence and fun. We were scrambling for the right tack, cobbling together saddles and bridles and laughing at our full sized horse blankets on…
Wordless Wednesday – “Good Morning”
Good Morning Puzzle
Horseshoes
Why do you shoe your horses? This.
WANTED
WANTED: Person to help take care of multiple ranch horses. Must be willing to do deep grooming. Must not be squeamish with blood and bugs. Must know horse anatomy. Must be able to read horses’ moods and temperaments. No tools required, except for perhaps a pair of pliers and/or a pair of flat rocks. Former…
Maybe
The corral where we brand is about a football field away from where most people park their pickups and horsetrailers. We had finished and I abandoned the corral quickly, heading to the big metal shop to set out lunch. On my journey over, I followed J.’s horse. He was quitting the country. Well, ok, he…
25, 52
Continuing the story from yesterday… The horse sale is held in downtown Cody, just off of the main drag. The Irma Hotel, named after Buffalo Bill’s daughter, is the historic frontispiece. It was cool out, but we were all in place for the bidding to begin. See this giant? This paint quarterhorse/draft horse topped the…
Best of the Rockies Horse Sale
Well, we’ve done it before… Winchester came from there, and so did Panama. They now call it The Best of the Rockies Horse Sale, and it is held in downtown Cody, Wyoming, in front of the historic Irma Hotel. Yesterday, they held a ranch horse competition, and then this morning they had a preview which…