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| Date: | 5/24/2013 5:00:22 AM |
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escape and capture TRUE STORY
Okay, you ever feel like a cowgirl? I know I did this last weekend! On saturday I saddled Dan early in the morning and lunged him around, planning on leaving him saddled until the evening while I rode some other geldings then actually riding him last. Well, I tied him to a post right outside the roundpen and let me give you a quick layout. On the west side of the barn, if you just stand looking straight out, from left to right it goes the stud's herd's pasture, the longhorns', then the geldings' and their pasture is set up to they can run up from their pasture into a double corral (meaning a lot right behind the barn (north) that you can divide by closing a gate and at the very end of the lot is the roundpen.) So Dan was tied outside the roundpen and I was riding the new Palomino gelding back and forth between the lot and the geldings pasture. Did that for 2-3 hours and Dan was still tied. Then I got on another geldling who was doing so great I decided we were ready for the longhorns. We go in there, he wouldn't quit neighing so I figured we better head back before the stud horse got wind of us. As we turned around, you guess it, Dan was booking it out into the geldings pasture fully tacked, untied, and flying like none other. Not bucking, just cookin' out to the remaining geldings in the pasture. So me and Banner (the riding gelding) go bookin up to the barn and follow Dan out into the pasture, successfully catching him the first time by the rein. Well, we led him all the way back to the barn when Banner decided not to open a gate so naturally I went to correct him, and, violla, Dan had a cow, pulled back, Banner had a brain fart (mud and all and the gate) and we lost him again. I went out and tried for about a stinking hour to catch him like we did the first time but to no avail, so, I had to resort to the rope. Well, use your imagination to picture how things went from there. But yes, I successfully roped my little stinker (and i'm not half bad at it!) and caught him eventually and got back to the barn. And yeah, I was in trouble, but hey, no one got hurt, everything was in tact, nothing was broke and I learned a heck of lot in a matter of day. So remember folks, close your gates and only tie your horse with a fitting halter. And DON'T consider yourself a cowgirl until you can rope with half decency! ;) |
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