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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

For Sale


"Ima Fine Freckle" is a yearling filly born July 28, 2010. She is a sorrel quarter horse filly By Freckles Orphan Lad and out of Isle Be A Dreamer. Have papers in hand and all transfers have been completed. She is a registered quarter horse. Reg # 5339326. She is halter broke, is great to trim, easy to catch and handle. Really nice filly. UTD on everything and was trimmed two weeks ago. No injuries, nice clean legs. To view her pedigree go tohttp://www.allbreedpedigree.com/ima+fine+freckle $500. Nice ranch raised filly with no vices. Is not spoiled or pushy. 

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Many Changes....

Faith
Things here at C Bar M Ranch have changed quite a bit since my last post. Horses have come and gone on to find their forever homes. I brought home several problem horses this year, and later re-homed them with educated owners. A few horses have been added here as well. Earlier this year I bought Faith aka: Country Music Girl. Faith is my pleasure prospect and is getting ready to be started under saddle. She has already been packing both the saddle and the bridle, but I will be putting my first ride on her as soon as we have a couple day stretch of clear weather to put a couple of rides on her.

Hope went to what we thought was her forever home, but was unfortunately later resold. I can only hope that she is in a good home that cares for her well being.

Scarlet, Ace & Junior all found a new home with a friend of mine in horsey heaven, Oregon, where they have all the food they could ever want as well as an abundance of friends.

One horse that we brought home this year was our beloved Bella. She was a rescue we took in several months ago. She was very underweight due to her owners financial difficulties. We brought her home and put several hundred pounds on her. She was 31 years old. After we treated abscesses in her feet and she regained health, she played daily with the other horses. She didn't have many teeth left, so her food was specially prepared. Unfortunately last week she coliced and began to bleed internally. We had no choice but to euthanize her. I am happy that we got to spend her last few months with her, she touched all of us with her joy for life, her enthusiasm and spunk. She may have been 31 years old, but she could out run my two year olds.

Rest In Peace Bella  1981-2012



Sunday, December 19, 2010

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. NOT!

Well for the past 5 days it has been raining and snowing almost constantly, a rare even usually for Nevada to get this much moisture accumulation. Unfortunately we also have another week of snow ahead of us, and the pens are already drenched. We probably won't get much ranch work done this weekend, as it is too sloppy to do a whole lot. Hopefully the river running between the barns will dry up soon =].

I hope everyone is being careful in this dreadful winter weather it sure is slick here! Happy Trails!

Friday, November 26, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Well, I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving! We had a wonderful time with friends and family. The horses got some well deserved rest and a tiny bit extra in their mangers. =]

We had snow on the ground for the first time in a long time that I can remember, and everyone is feeling extra frisky as a result. I finished re-braiding everyone for winter, and I cannot believe how much THICKER Ace's mane has gotten! It was already thick and gorgeous to begin with, but man it looks fantastic now. He grows hair better than any horse I have ever had. About two months ago I cut his tail to about the middle of his cannon bone, so he would stop stepping on it and ripping out hair when he was backing in correct form, and it is already down to his coronet band again. Man, I wish my hair grew like that!

For the most part, things have been relatively quiet around here except for one incident. Ugh. Not even going to go into that now. =[

The horses are getting furry, and I miss the clean clipped look of summer. It's sad I can't wait to shave them all again. Though it takes hours I cannot wait!

Another thing to look forward to: Masq's first baby will be on the ground this April! I'm so excited!

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Fall is officially here...

Well I hope that everyone made it through Halloween weekend safe and sound. It was pretty uneventful here, we just spent some quality family time together being that I don't have any little ones of my own or nieces or nephews yet, thank goodness!

I started saddling Hope the last few days, she is around a year and a half now. Of course we don't start colts here at C Bar M Ranch until they are at least big 2.5 year olds or till their three year old year. Just getting her accustomed to it now so its not a shock when it comes time to break her. It went really well, she didn't even buck, which suprised me some, as she is a very spunky little filly. Though, she does have the very calm sensible mind of her mom which I highly value. I have very high hopes for her. She officially has hit 14 hh now, so I expect her to at least hit 15 which will be perfect for my goals for her. I still have not decided whether I will offer her for sale or not after she is broke. I know she will definatly be a nice riding horse, and will also be doing some cross training. I may also break her to cart because she is athletic and very sound minded, but regardless her focus will be under saddle. As she grows I will make a decision on whether or not I will train her to be a western pleasure/ & trail horse or a performance horse with emphasis in reining. Right now with how leggy and refined she is I think she is better built for Pleasure, but as we all know a lot can change in a year or so. All I know is she is beautiful and built phenomenal!

We gave all our fall shots today, and bought the supplies we needed for winter and installed them. I also decided it would be a pretty good idea to put in the water heaters being that it is supposed to snow tonight.

Junior is doing really well driving on the street, in the arena and on the trails. Man he sure is wonderful in cart. Really easy going and will do just about anything you ask him to. I'm getting spoiled driving him all the time. =] He has also been out in groups driving several times and doesn't mind a bit. He is really solid.

I am starting physical therapy so hopefully I will be back to training under saddle, and will be able to break Masq to harness sometime this month. I have already done most of my prep work that I can with out actually jogging and driving him on the ground. The doc said as long as I'm careful I should be able to return to that soon.

Almost forgot! Taught both Junior and Masq how to lie down on command it is pretty cute! Masq just flops down and closes his eyes waiting for a massage. Junior on the other hand gently sets him self down and sleeps while he gets his massage. They have learned to love it.

Ace hasn't been getting a while lot of work, finally all of the scabs have fallen off and everything has healed for the most part. Of course I still can't ride, so he's just been getting ground work here and there. I feel bad because you can just tell by the look on his face that he's pretty sad he's not being ridden every day. He definatly misses it. Poor guy, I promise buddy as soon as I can I'll put you back to work. Ace is the kind of horse that HATES not having a job, and HATES not being worked both physically and mentally pretty hard. He looks forward to it and puts in his all, all the time. He's such a good boy.

Now, I just need to get the dogs fall shots done and we will be set for winter!

Hope everyone is enjoying the last of the semi-decent weather and staying safe. May god bless the trails you ride! (If you don't believe in god insert other noun lol) Don't want to offend anyone!

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Happy Halloween!

At C Bar M Ranch, the weather is cooling down and the horses are feeling frisky again. My knee is finally feeling stronger, and I should be able to ride next month hopefully. I am starting physical therapy so I just have to wait for the okay. My fall plans include starting Masq in harness, and saddling Hope regularly to get her accustomed to the saddle. I have been thinking a lot about the future, and I am hoping to move in 2015 to a bigger place. There I will start boarding and taking in horses for full time training. We plan to buy several miniature mares this spring to add to our breeding program so keep an eye out for new additions. Also, if you have a miniature horse that you would like to have started in cart, look no further. Send your miniature to me and I will lay the foundation as well as get him or her comfortable and working well in a cart in the arena, on the street and on the trail. I am also now excepting bookings for the 2011 breeding season to my one of my miniature stallions Masq, who is open to a limited number of out side mares. Everyone around her is looking furry, its always sad to see the show clips be replaced my long woolly hair. Hope everyone is being safe and enjoying their Halloween!

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Saturday October 1,2010

I am finally starting to heal and making some progress. I am walking much better and have been driving junior frequently. He is doing very well on the street and in the arena. He really loves to trot out and go somewhere. Masq and him are getting along great and are becoming good pals. Ace and Hope haven't gotten much work lately since I have been hurt, simply because the big horses are riskier to handle. Plus I can't ride for the next two months... =[

Happy trails!

Christi
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