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Sangria: May 2009
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Western States Extreme Mustang Makeover. Thursday, May 14, 2009. Less than a month! Each time I work with her, I get better - but it still takes me a good 5-10 minutes to finally feel comfortable riding and training her. Our first real 'drill practice' is going to be on Saturday. Wish me luck! She is an extremely easy keeper and only gets two flakes of timothy hay per day. Yikes! Oh well - she's healthy and beautiful, so if I can help her find a wonderful home then I will have accomplished my mission!
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Sangria: Sangria's In Hand & Body Conditioning Course
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Western States Extreme Mustang Makeover. Monday, June 15, 2009. Sangria's In Hand and Body Conditioning Course. I was also nervous about how she would score in the Body Conditioning event. I've had other people familiar with how they score tell me that Sangria was too round. Yikes! However, when the scoresheets came out later that day, I saw that Sangria and I had placed 8th in the In Hand course and 2nd in the Body Conditioning event! I definitley wasn't prepared for that situation! Fall City, WA.
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Sangria: Building our confidence with baby steps
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Western States Extreme Mustang Makeover. Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Building our confidence with baby steps. With a few other riders in the arena, I climbed on Sangria bareback and again headed towards our ball. While the ball is still something that I feel like I need, it doesn't seem to be as much of a crutch as before. It keeps us focused on something, but after pushing it around the arena once or twice, I was comfortable riding her away from it. May 6, 2009 at 9:50 AM. May 6, 2009 at 4:52 PM. Sangria is...
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Sangria: March 2009
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Western States Extreme Mustang Makeover. Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Sangria's 1st Trail Ride and Indoor Arena. Jenny had also brought her EMM mustang, MissFire, and ponied her from her gelding, Skippy. It was a great experience! Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. I held Sangria from atop my horse, while Jenny reassured her and stepped up. Sangria immediately lurched forward and threw Jenny. We did this a few times until Sangria tolerated it. However, she was never ok with it, which had ...So, Jenny and...
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Sangria: Less than a month!!!
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Western States Extreme Mustang Makeover. Thursday, May 14, 2009. Less than a month! Each time I work with her, I get better - but it still takes me a good 5-10 minutes to finally feel comfortable riding and training her. Our first real 'drill practice' is going to be on Saturday. Wish me luck! She is an extremely easy keeper and only gets two flakes of timothy hay per day. Yikes! Oh well - she's healthy and beautiful, so if I can help her find a wonderful home then I will have accomplished my mission!
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Sangria: July 2009
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Western States Extreme Mustang Makeover. Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Sorry it's taken me so long to get this last post up! It seems like life has gotten carried away since I got home from the finals. However, I wrote this update a long time ago - just never had a chance to post it. So, here ya go! Sangria and I scored 8th in the Riding Course earlier in the day, which qualified us for the Top 10 Finals competition that evening in front of 5,000 people! We were most definitely not prepared for this! We ente...
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Sangria: Riding Course Competition
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Western States Extreme Mustang Makeover. Tuesday, June 16, 2009. I was pleased when Sangria performed well to my requests - it actually felt like she was competitive! After our ride, there was a news crew waiting to interview us as soon as we exited the arena. My boyfriend, JC and I were included in that evening's news report about the Extreme Mustang Makeover. Here's the link to the news video: http:/ www.kcra.com/news/19750449/detail.html. June 16, 2009 at 10:15 PM. June 17, 2009 at 8:11 PM. Sangria is...
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Sangria: The Extreme Mustang Makeover has started!
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Western States Extreme Mustang Makeover. Friday, June 12, 2009. The Extreme Mustang Makeover has started! We are finally here and settled in! It was a long drive, and poor Jenny had to drive it all on her own. I was feeling particularly ill and kept falling asleep as soon as we started driving. Sorry Jenny! Here are a few pictures from yesterday - will try to post again tonight or tomorrow with updated results :) Thanks for all of the support everyone! June 12, 2009 at 8:26 AM. June 12, 2009 at 10:14 AM.
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Sangria: April 2009
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Western States Extreme Mustang Makeover. Monday, April 27, 2009. A big THANK YOU! We saddled everyone up and got ready to go. There were 10 of us riding, including two small children, which is no small feat to get ready. We had to make sure all of the horses were saddled up and ready to go, children were bundled in their waterproof coats and that fresh, green horses were put through their exercies. And my lip that was lacerated open was also extremely swollen. I couldn't eat anything and drinking was...
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Sangria: Almost time!
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Western States Extreme Mustang Makeover. Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Wow, has it really been more than two weeks since my last post? I'm sorry for the lack of updates! She hasn't acted the way she did back in April since that fateful day, but the images sure float through my mind when I get on. I wonder if that will ever go away? Luckily, it doesn't happen when I ride other horses! Here are a few pictures over the last couple weeks! June 4, 2009 at 2:34 PM. Good Luck in Sacramento, Juliane. I am sure you ...
