Horse Pictures for Paula (and anyone else who wants to see them!) :)
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WranglerMichelle
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Well, Paula messaged me and asked about the horse I may be buying off the ranch this fall, and I promised her pictures, so here they are! I figured I'd post them here so I could gush and overpost without feeling bad about clogging up the weight loss threads. 
His name is Milton, and he's a 20-ish-something Thoroughbred. I didn't name him. I HATE that name. I'd change it, but that's how I know him now, so I'm not sure I could call him anything else at this point. He was my training project 4 years ago, and I'm hoping my book business takes off enough that I can take him home after camp ends in the next 10 weeks.
Anyways. Here are the pictures!
From his first overnight trail ride, first time all night on a highline:
He stood okay, but he was LOUD.
We didn't sleep much that night.
And most of these to follow are from our early spring engagement photos in 2014, which explains all the shag and mud.
He's very curious.
As you can once again see! We also hope to take that little gray guy home with us someday.
Here are a few where he looks a lot sleeker.
This isn't him, but I just love it, so I felt like sharing.
His name is Milton, and he's a 20-ish-something Thoroughbred. I didn't name him. I HATE that name. I'd change it, but that's how I know him now, so I'm not sure I could call him anything else at this point. He was my training project 4 years ago, and I'm hoping my book business takes off enough that I can take him home after camp ends in the next 10 weeks.
Anyways. Here are the pictures!
From his first overnight trail ride, first time all night on a highline:
He stood okay, but he was LOUD.
We didn't sleep much that night.And most of these to follow are from our early spring engagement photos in 2014, which explains all the shag and mud.
He's very curious.
As you can once again see! We also hope to take that little gray guy home with us someday.
Here are a few where he looks a lot sleeker.
This isn't him, but I just love it, so I felt like sharing.
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Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for posting these!
Chris0 -
What a pretty redhead, Michelle! Now you just need to add black streaks to your auburn - then you'd be twins!
Paula0 -
Oh my gosh! Love them all. I really like black and white photos. If you take him home will he miss the other horses? I like the winter coat. Reminds me of a pony. I saw a really young foal and a baby camel today on our road trip. None of them were running like the ones in your photo though. That would have been so kewl! What is the purpose of a highline? And why first time at 20? Milton is very handsome! And I love all the interaction in the photos! Very fun filled!
Shelley0 -
Yes, he's quite a looker! I think he knows it, too.
Paula, people are always telling me that he and I look good together. Now I'm thinking it must be the hair color, haha! I always thought I looked disproportionate with him since I'm short and he is TALL. One of his current training issues I need to fix is he moves around a lot while people try to get on. It'll be so much easier for my foot to reach the stirrup when it's not a moving target!
Shelley - Oh, he'll miss his girlfriends for a few days, but I'm sure he'll find someone else to make friends with at whatever new barn I take him to.
And yeah, that winter coat makes even the highest class horse look like a backyard pony! Probably why a lot of show people keep their horses inside all winter or clip and blanket them.
Highlines are used in overnight trails to give your horse a place to stay tied all night without needing to worry about getting his legs all tangled up in a rope. They're about 7 feet off the ground, and they allow the horse a decent range of motion without letting them wander off. As far as it being his first time at 20, his previous owner who donated him to the ranch basically kept him as a pet. He'd stand in a feed lot all day and do nothing. She'd let him get away with whatever he wanted and gave him no discipline whatsoever. I'm not sure what his history was beyond that, but when he first came to the ranch, he was WILD. Reared at everything, would run away if someone tried to touch him . . . training him was basically like starting a baby, even in his old age. He had to learn how to do a lot of things for the first time, or at least RElearn them if he already knew how to do them.
The lady who donated him came to visit him one day, and since I had already turned them all out, I told her we'd just have to go out to the pasture to see him. She kept insisting Snickers, a very dark brown (almost black) horse with completely different markings and much stockier body, was him. If the dingbat can't recognize her own horse when she sees him, she never deserved him.0 -
Muahaha, love it. And I agree, what a dingbat! Horses, like dogs, need to know they have a purpose. A schedule. How bored he must have been. And he looks great next to your diminutive statue!
I to am only 5'4"
Shelley0 -
Okay, time for an update, now that I've had him nearly 3 months.
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Milton excels at falling in love, but only with mares. That's the reason I pasture him with a small herd of "bachelors," as I call them - geldings who get a little goofy around mares. They're hyperactive and lose the ability to focus as soon as a girl gets thrown in with them, so they make their own little all boys group.
Milton is looking to me as his herd leader more and more, though, which means he's able to relax and see me as his friend. That's probably why he looks so happy. 1 -
Glad to see Milton is settling in well! He is able to finally relax. I am so glad he has you.
Keep the photos coming. I love to watch horses. I may never have one but I can enjoy them.
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