Ani Trone Photography

Okay so today was awesome. In a nutshell I got to work with Cimarron, my Spanish Mustang, we rode for an hour in the round pen working on transitions and flexing then went for a walk on our trails around the property. Indy was watching intentlyas I worked with Cimarron; so after Cimarron and I were through, I decided to bring her in the barn and saddle her for the first time in a year since her unexplained/undiagnosed injury. She was calm, quiet and once I got her in the round pen she was so responsive and she seemed so willing…I teared up at just being able to ride again…a year ago all the vets told me that she would never be the same again and they all gave me the look that I should put her down but needless to say I stuck with my gut and she is walking again without any hint of her peculiar injury.

I brought along my camera just because the day was so beautiful, below are some shots I took from the day!

I’ve been abscent alot since the winter has been really drab; this morning however we had a dust of snow laying all around the pasture so I decided to get the boys playing…they really didnt need much encouragement. I just love watching Cimarron’s movement as he holds his beautiful head up high and run free.

I was able to get a couple shots but the following two are my favorites.

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!

This is Cimarron, Indy and Rain’s new little brother. We got him a little over 3 weeks ago. [The reason for lack of posts BTW]

He is going to be 3 years old in April. Since we brought him home he has been an absolute joy.

I’ve given him his first bath, wormed him and taught him that it is ok to play with humans. He pretty much is greenier than the spring grass here in WA, but so eager to please.

We have been working with the little guy as much as possible between all the chores, loose ends, and multiple projects/jobs I need to get caught up on. Today I spent about 2 1/2 hours with him playing the seven games by Pat Parelli and just teaching to accept all the crazy stuff I want him to learn. He really is a smart, patient and pretty much a solid little guy.

I measured him on Saturday and he is just 14 hands and around 750lbs.

After our training I decided to take him for alittle walk through the trails and he was not phased by anything.

Below is a pic from today.