Ani Trone

Wild Wood Farm is located in beautiful Oak Harbor, WA where our friends and horse trainers Quinton and Danielle train some of the most beautiful horses for show and their clients. I could have stayed there for ever taking pictures, especially on such a beautiful day like today but the time was not allotted for…maybe next time.

Here are two quick shots that I took visiting today.

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!

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.

Or what I call, getting the ‘bucks outta da skins’…pun intended

Took these as I was working Indy and Rain in the round pen today before going out on the trails around the house.

The last two shots were taken at my favorite spot on our trails, by the river!

Sorry for the weird angles but these shots were taken with the camera slung over my shoulder at hip perspective.