Big Bear

If any of you are in the Big Bear Lake, CA area

head on over to the Los Vaqueros arena tomorrow

Saturday the 26th 

and meet Jackpot!

They will be there all weekend 

for the Horsemanship Clinic

Come on over!

Jackpot's First Shoeing

Big day yesterday

Jackpot got his first set of shoes

Now before everyone gets all up in arms

wondering why we are shoeing a mustang

 let me explain

Yes, he needs shoes

If you've ridden Arizona at all

you know it's real rocky in this area

If you haven't ridden this area

come on down

we'll show you what we mean

If you expect to ride many miles

or gather cattle

your horse better be shod

mustang feet or not

Buddy's been doing these things lately

and Jackpot needs 

Fearless Farrier Service

to come in and do his first set to shoes

"Are you ready, Jackpot?"

Meet Buddy's brother Wade

The Fearless Farrier

Slow and easy gets it done

Looks like Buddy did the ground work 

Farriers DO appreciate that

Jackpot was very well behaved

Hmm, hard feet?

Hoof stand?

No problem

Nailing that first one on

with a few distractions....

Look - monkey children

Nothing bothers Jackpot

The back end - no problem

He even enjoys and uses the Hoofjack stand

If you're a farrier of any sort

and you don't have one of these stands

stop right now

go. get. one.

Almost done...

The finished product

A job well done

A family portrait

Brothers Buddy and Wade

Mom Zona

kids Jet and Mercy

and Jackpot!

Let's not forget Jackpot's favorite

Kim

aka

"That lady with the grain"

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Did y'all catch the July Bridle and Bit article?

and

Did you see this in the August Western Horseman?

Wickenburg residents Jeff Alder, Carson Thomas,

Beaver Bird, and Russ and Mary Dolven

on page 114 in an article about Wickenburg

If you see them around town

get an autograph!!

Jackpot's First Clinic

Today's clinic in Wickenburg, AZ was a big success

Thank you to everyone who came out!

That's Buddy, but not Jackpot

Jackpot got to participate in the second half

The first half he got to stand around and watch

That's him on the right there

Buddy has a word with Jet

Buddy's wife Kim works the cows

in the holding pen

Look!

It's Jackpot!!!

The idea here is to make that cow weave 

thru the poles set up

Let me just say

WAY harder than it looks...

Some uncooperative

non-pole-bending

 cows in that bunch

Jackpot again

Jackpot quickly got the hang of things

Rest while you can...

Jackpot and Buddy

gettin it done

Then

they built a "rodear"

This is used out on working cattle ranches

A group of cowboys will hold a bunch of cattle

and cut out a cow at a time that needs 

to be branded or doctored

Beautiful lady,

beautiful horse

and the author of this blog

could not resist taking this final photo

for the ladies...