Ani Trone Photography

Saddled up the boys today and took Cimarron out for a workday…I asked Rick to take some pictures before we left, see below:

Thanks Honey for the pictures!

Rain and Kopy Kat think they can pretend no one notices that they are sweet on each other…but this guilty look after I surprised them by sneaking up on them tells us all the story.

Kopy Kat and Rain

We do call him “Papi Chulo” for a reason, such the playa!

Just something to make you smile!

Playing with off camera flash this morning, Rain decides he wasnt liking the horse paparazzi much.

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After a brushing this is usually what occurs

Go figure!

Dr Gregory came out this morning with his assistant Anna to remove 4 of Rain’s baby teeth that were hindering the growth of his adult teeth and I snapped a few quick shots to share

I’d write more but I’m still feeling crappy from this cold/flu bug I have, so hope you enjoy the pictures and HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone!

Awww,  windy wintery days, crunchy snow and frisky horses, who could ask for more! Indy and Rain enjoying our cold morning in the pasture. Rain gave some great expressions, especially the wink and the tongue sticking out

I haven’t posted about Indy and Rain in a long time so when the distraction presented itself, I could not help but go out and take an opportunity to catch a few candid shots of my horses sunnin’ in the barn.

Just about 1:40pm this afternoon I brought them over from the pasture that is full of nice thick green grass where they had been grazing for about an hour for their lunch time. Well as I went back to my office they stood there in the barn doorway with full bellies and their nice warm and stylish winter blankets on.

Then it happened, Rain decided it was too warm and he had had enough of this darn blanket…that’s when I grabbed my camera and off to the barn I went.

He had somehow gotten his mouth into the front of his blanket and pulled it up

enough to expose his lil derriere.

From then it was on, I was like ‘Horse Paparazzi” all of a sudden.

…and then they cornered me!

Today started in a weird way…I started feelin’ kinda crappy after giving Indy breakfast this morning because she was givin me maritude like months prior to us starting Parelli. So I decided to get a really good workout done after cleaning the barn followed by an hour of P90X stretch…I then came into the office answered emails, checked out work and decided I’m gonna go and fetch my horse.

I saddled Indy and took her into our pasture that we are clearing out and decided to let her graze a little then work on some transitions. We did for a bit and all was going well but I felt bad for Rainy running around and calling out to us…so I took Indy back to the barn, fetched Rain and all three of us headed back into the pasture.

Now I’ve never ponied a horse before nor played with Rain and Indy while riding so this was all a new challenge and experience for us…it was fun, my day changed completely and my mood was elevated to a sense of accomplishment and pride. Instead of me just working on Indy and trying to make things right with her, I actually worked on all three of us and made things right for all of us. My role as leader came into play in a positive way and the three of us became a partners while having fun and establishing our roles with each other…anywho’s I’m not one for long posts but this was a great day of horsewomanship

Rick took the following photos for us at the end of our playtime: