Lots left to do

The biggest battle is over I have Nash home with me for good but there are still of bit for me to teach him. Last weekend my mom, dad, and I srung a new top fence line and set up the round pen. Lately I have been lunging Nash and then letting him be out in the round pen...as long as he can see the mare he is fine but if she is out of his sight he starts to act up a bit, and by this I mean mostly paw and nicker for her. My mare went into heat the day befor the Horse Fair so Im sure that didn't help any, Im pretty sure she is out of it now though. I have yet to introduce Nash to the electric fence and I don't really know why I am procrastinating on that but I would like to go for a long trail ride and then turn him out in the pasture, so he is good and tired. I think that his time will be this weekend even if there is no long trail ride. He needs to get out and stretch his legs.

I would just like to once again thank all of my friends and family, everyone in the Mustang Pride Group, Patti and her husband, my mom and dad, and expecially Nash he is everything!!!!!!

Guess what happened!!!

I don't even know where to begin... Nash was amazing!!!! He was a bit nervous but never got naughty. He walked calmbly throught the crowds and all over the grounds. I as well as he was a bit nervous going in to our in hand class and Im sure that he fed off of my nervous. He did well the pattern was trot through cones, stop pick up all 4 feet, walk over polls, load and unload in the trailer, walk into shoot and back out then 270 turn to the right and trot to finish. I was happy to see that that was the pattern I thought that was great we can do all of that. But I guess when you have to do it in front of hundreds of eyes it is a bit different. So we walked through the cones, stoped picked up the feet with a half turn, walked over the polls, he loaded very well and backed out calmbly, walked into the shoot and backed out with out tapping the polls and trotted to finish with a little head toss. Then the crowed clapped and he got a bit nervous. (I was 11th in the in hand to go through the pattern I believe that I placed with 78 points)

Then on Saturday I was drawn #1 to go throught the horse corse. Wow that did not make me feel any better, that made me more nervous. The pattern was: lead in and mount, trot over polls, pick up right lead at cone lope circle, switch leads at cone lope on left lead to the next cone, turn to the left lope right lead to "L" walk into "L" and back out, turn 270 to the right and trot through cones (like a figure 8) trot to bridge and walk over bridge then you had 2 minutes to do a free style. To tell you the truth I really don't remember how we did in the pattern I was so nervous. But for the freestyle I spun both directions and backed, loped both directions , and when I had 30 sec. left I got off and asked Nash to bow the crowed loved it. Then he stood like a rock for me to get back on out in the middle of the huge arena. I was so proud!!!!
But I guess after I was done I could say it was nice to go first because I was all done and I could watch the rest of the preformances!!

I ended up placing 23rd out of 53 horses I thought that was really great for Nash. He could not have done a better job for me.

Sunday... The worst day of the weekend.... I was drawn #51 for my hip number so that ment I went through the adoption with Nash 51st out of 53. So I was close to the end. As I sat watching some of the horses go through the bidding my heart sank it sank hard and fast. I was so nervous and I didn't know what to do. On friday of the weekend I filled out an aplication and recieved a biding # of 19 so my mom had the job of biding on Nash for me I told her my limit and said what ever happened happened!!!!! Even though I wanted to say, what ever it takes I need him to come home with me. I couldn't watch any more of the auction so I went to the barn to saddle. Nash and myself and Rem and Jessie (hip #53) made our way down to the arena, slowly for I really didn't want to go at all. After a few minutes it was my turn to go into the auction... I was riding Nash and we had to go through a gate that was close to the crowd and there were banners hanging on the fences (very scary to Nash) I asked him twice to go through and he steped each time but we wern't making much progress so I got off and led him through, as soon as my feet hit the ground he was just fine, at this point the bidding started and I was crying like crazy. the bid went up and past my limit and the hed of the Mustang Heritage Foundation came out and put her arm around me and spoke into the microphone..........she gave a little speech about me and how proud she was of every thing that I had done with Nash, and she continued to say that Nash was sold......to Colberg Ranch and GIVEN BACK TO HIS TRAINER!!!!! Thats me his trainer Patti Colberg boght Nash and gave him back to me. I could not even speek I was so happy and amazed that I couldn't even speek.

I would like to say THANK YOU to every one that has ever supported me through this hole 100 days...I would most of all like to thank Patti and her husband for giving me My NATIONAL TREASURE!!!! I can not even thank them enough for what they did.

There is a lot left to do with Nash but I have all the time in the world now, he is HOME!!!

Better late than never!!!

I was so intrigued with the 12 inches of snow that we got last month I had Nash outside for a little photo shoot and I never posted any pictures......well here they are!!!!

Holly RAIN

Wow I guess if its not the snow its rain! Nash lives in a stall in an indoor arena soooo its is really loud for him. Today after work I was nervous to work him because of the noise level. But not to my supprise he did great we worked on a few old things and he listened to it all. He is truly an awsome horse!

"National Treasure" you are a true treasure!!!!!!!!

Trail Riding

Last Saturday Jessie and I took the boys (Rem and Nash) to Palmyra to ride on the trails the guys did great. The dumpsters, cars, roads, gaits, signs and everything else they were champs. They were both a bit gung ho in the start of the ride but twards the end they were tired little boys.

The Kettle Morain trails hold there name well there were tuns of hills. The weather was awsome but in some of the shady areas were still a bit snowy. But the sure footed Mustangs placed their feet safely. I was so glad to get Nash out of the areana where there are no fences he and I really enjoyed the day.

When we got back to the trailer we unsaddled and let the beasts roll in the sand Nash sure loves to roll thats for sure. He was so tired he needed help getting his feet in to the trailer it was cute he tried so hard but he just couldnt get his feet up that high. lol