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Just want to gush for a minute

Postby MidgetMustang » Tue Jul 16, 2019 5:59 am

Long time lurker coming out of the shadows because I know you folks will appreciate how over the moon I am...

A couple of weeks ago I had a lesson with my coach-probably the first one in over a year. I tend to just plug away by myself and I sometimes lose track of how long it's been since I've checked in with my trainer. My namesake horse and I are attempting to get the changes nailed down, although recently I've been playing with the beginnings of pirouettes and some passage so neither of us get bored.

So my trainer's first question was "What do you want to look at today" to which I replied: changes and pirouettes...his response? "Well that's ambitious"...I had to laugh :lol:

Except...we did it. Played with pirouettes, touched on some changes (of which we had several clean ones to each direction :!: )...but we had about 10 minutes left at the end. He asked me if I had anything else I wanted to look at but I was already so pleased with how things were going I didn't want to push it. So when he asked for my whip and instructed me to start down the rail so we could play with half-steps I almost fell off my horse. ME??? HALF STEPS??? I mean...I've asked her for some just to play around but it was unsanctioned and so therefore felt somewhat taboo. I couldn't stop smiling like an idiot :D :shock:

So my little home trained BLM mustang is gonna do it. I can feel it. We're gonna get to Grand Prix (the first horse I've ever trained to that level) and she's going to go out there and show folks how nice those mustangs can be <3

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Re: Just want to gush for a minute

Postby Flight » Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:54 am

That's awesome!! Congrats!!
I love hearing people progress that are on different breeds of horses and trying to do it themselves :) It isn't easy, so it is very exciting to hear people getting there.

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Re: Just want to gush for a minute

Postby blob » Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:53 am

Just chiming in as a fellow mustang owner.

What hma is your's from?

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Re: Just want to gush for a minute

Postby MidgetMustang » Tue Jul 16, 2019 11:45 am

blob-She's from Sand Springs in Oregon :D Where is yours from?

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Re: Just want to gush for a minute

Postby blob » Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:01 pm

MidgetMustang wrote:blob-She's from Sand Springs in Oregon :D Where is yours from?


Stinkingwater Oregon. I adopted her as a 3 year old, she'll be 10 this year.

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Re: Just want to gush for a minute

Postby exvet » Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:53 pm

Congrats! No such aspirations for my mustang (Navajo, one of the many Salt Springs herds) but I can definitely appreciate the work of bringing up one from scratch.

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Re: Just want to gush for a minute

Postby Dresseur » Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:56 pm

That is very cool! Now we need pics of your 'stang!

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Re: Just want to gush for a minute

Postby StraightForward » Tue Jul 16, 2019 2:28 pm

That is great, I'd also love to see pics of your mustang. The Oregon herds seem to have some of the nicer horses.
Keep calm and canter on.

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Re: Just want to gush for a minute

Postby Sue B » Tue Jul 16, 2019 3:57 pm

Fantastic! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

That is so cool. I am smiling with you. However, pictures of your beauty would be even better.

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Re: Just want to gush for a minute

Postby Chancellor » Tue Jul 16, 2019 4:07 pm

Congratulations!

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Re: Just want to gush for a minute

Postby piedmontfields » Tue Jul 16, 2019 5:06 pm

Thanks for sharing your great progress! Another vote for photos :-)

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Re: Just want to gush for a minute

Postby Ryeissa » Tue Jul 16, 2019 6:33 pm

awesome! so happy for you

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Re: Just want to gush for a minute

Postby Tanga » Tue Jul 16, 2019 7:43 pm

That is wonderful. And great for your trainer. There is no reason any horse cannot do all of those things! And half steps are super good for all horses at most levels for so many things. I haven't seen a horse yet that can't do them.

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Re: Just want to gush for a minute

Postby Kelo » Tue Jul 16, 2019 8:59 pm

Heck yeah! Yay for you guys! This is awesome!




(and I also wanna see pictures)

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Re: Just want to gush for a minute

Postby Hayburner » Fri Jul 19, 2019 1:17 am

Thank you for posting your accomplishments with the previously feral BLM horse!

Naturally, pics of this soon to be poster horse would be great.

Congrats on moving up the levels with him, you have a lot to proud of and gush over :D

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Re: Just want to gush for a minute

Postby KigerSMM » Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:22 pm

Another fellow mustang owner chiming in: Congratulations, excellent work and how stinkin' fun!!

Gush away.


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