First time for Nailer riding in an English saddle! Taking it like a champ!
Ride number 3, for Spring. Love this big girl! Pure bred arab mare ftw! I left the sound on.
Maci, who is with us for training. Started out with no brakes and very difficult to get her to lope. When she did, it was more like a hand gallop. And generally just angry. We have a good start, bringing her back to being a good usable horse.
Amanda is at her first show of the season! Lots going on. Nailer is still doing showmanship and sport horse in hand plus I put his first rides at a show (practice arena) on him. Mandy's national show horse, Beau, is doing fairly well for being 23 years old.
Very proud of my wife, Amanda Ladd. After a short 20 rides ive put on him, she finally rode Nailer walk/trot this afternoon! Its a big step for her and Nailer!
Video of Nailer from day 11
Day #11 of Nailers training, he's getting better at the Trot and Whoa!
(Please don't mind the squeaky training saddle LOL FB doesn't let me turn the sound down or off.)
This is going to be where I will post progress on our young half arab JRL HAMRA ASAD aka "Nailer". He is 5 years old today! He has started his journey to being a saddle broke horse!
This is "Six", a 5 year old gelding owned by Skylar Paige. I restarted this guy about 60 days ago and this was his first ever barrel race. We only ran in the first run (warm up barrels) at JaeBird Ranch and a couple expos. Smart and loves to work. Got a big motor too! Cant wait to see what he and Skylar can do!