Skippy (Hayes Brothers, close to us here, raise these line bred Skipper W horses). Day before yesterday he bucked so hard tied to the trailer, I made the cowboy put him up and pick another colt to ride ( it didn't help much as that colt bucked at least a dozen times that day). Today he was an angel and a useful one at that. Pretty good for a 4 year old: rope, get down, and tie off, like he had being doing it all his life.
And one of our other daughters. We have three of our own and 2 we think of as ours. This one is headed to Australia for a few years to be with her new husband. We're going to miss her a lot. What a cheerful kid, and starting to make a pretty good hand besides. I have to really admire her hutzpa. Her yellow mare that she rides is a real cowboy's horse: big, strong, capable and liable to buck you off. But our girl loves her and we love them both.
Skippy (Hayes Brothers, close to us here, raise these line bred Skipper W horses). Day before yesterday he bucked so hard tied to the trailer, I made the cowboy put him up and pick another colt to ride ( it didn't help much as that colt bucked at least a dozen times that day). Today he was an angel and a useful one at that. Pretty good for a 4 year old: rope, get down, and tie off, like he had being doing it all his life.
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Oh Skippy looks good there. You have lots of sick calves this year?
I always thought the Skipper w horses were supposed to be good minded, I had one and she fits the description of your daughter's horse- liked to work, but could be a little cold backed.
It's nice when they work good like that....not so nice when they want to blow up and act silly....I wonder what got into him?
I can't figure out what the problem was that day, except my cowboy put a mare next to the colts in the corral (not the yellow mare). If the barrel racer's colt hadn't bucked the same day I would have thought it was just a colt day but there is a reason we don't like mares around our geldings and I think this might have been the reason. The mares aren't the silly ones, the geldings are showing off or something I guess.
I like Skippy a lot but I don't think he's going to be the size to handle the big cows here. Calves are easy. Even little grey Trouper likes treating calves.
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