Tuesday, June 24, 2008

[Soapweed]

Baby antelope

Oh deer

Gate decoration courtesy of a bird

Cattle on a hot summer day

Enjoying cool clear water

The Kosmo Kid is breaking a three-year-old colt

Tools of the trade

Curious cat

Putting on the saddle

On and ready

Yee haw

Getting used to things

Around and around he goes

Brady stopped by to say hi

Up on the hurricane deck

Interested spectators

Things seem to be working

So far so good

Guilty as charged

Happily still on top

Also happily still on top

The other cat on the other side of the corral

[nonrancher]

Neat pictures, Soapweed.
Did a bird actually drop that snake there or did you mean Peaches?? You must have some pretty good sized birds.

[Soapweed]

[nonrancher]

[High Plains]

That's a great photo journal of that colt's first saddling. Thanks for sharing it with us.

HP

[Shortgrass]

Do you drive a colt first? Maybe that is just extra hassle when you are Kosmo's age. I'll tell one on myself when I was young and single. I had hired on a place at Saratoga, Wyo. I had chosen a good looking bay horse for my string that "might pitch." He should have said "will buck hard and often." When I went to get on him, I began to suspect something when the whole bunkhouse turned out for the show. I screwed down pretty tight and he did come unglued. I rode him till he stopped bucking, and was running around the pen in circles. I must have had a look of satisfaction about like Kosmo does in "Happily still on top. Well ol bronc just stops & turns, and I wasn't still happily still on top. I was splattered in the dirt. Ol' forman laughs, and says at least he didn't buck you off--You just fell off. I kept that horse about 6 months. He bucked hard and often and when you least suspected it, till it just wasn't fun any more. I usually rode him, but figured he would eventually hurt me, so I traded him for one that wasn't as pretty, but more trustworthy.

[WyomingRancher]

Neat colt pictures . You'll have to keep us updated on his progress. My last "colt" is six this year, and has turned into a pretty solid ranch horse. I hope I can afford a finished, older horse next time I'm in the market... not another colt. .

[Jassy]

Looks like you had a productive day...I've seen a couple baby antelope and a set of twin fawns so far...I would appreciate it though if the birds would leave their meals on a fence post further up than at the gate..lol We didn't get a drop last nite, but got maybe 10 drops this evening...seems to be going around us.