Al Dunning was giving a clinic and I was delighted to be an auditor. \u00a0He talked about the time it takes a trainer to get a horse ready for the show arena with enough skills to have a chance of winning. \u00a0He said, “It takes 100 hours to start a horse and ready to show.” \u00a0A trainer usually rides five days a week for as long as twenty minutes to forty-five minutes with an average of thirty minutes. \u00a0Figure out how long a 100 hours takes…about a year. \u00a0Now the trainer is given a horse that has been started incorrectly. \u00a0Usually force (torture) has been applied incorrectly causing fear or bad habits. Al told us it takes a 100 hours to restart the horse. \u00a0Now we are at the point where the addition 100 hours are needed to teach the horse using correct methods before being ready for the show. \u00a0In human terms, it takes two years to restart the horse and get him enough skills to make it in what ever show activity is involved.<\/p>\n
Fancy spent eight months in Florida. \u00a0I had a limping EPM horse at home. \u00a0It was winter in Missouri. \u00a0Having Cisco at the stable was depressing. \u00a0Every time I thought he was ridable, he wasn’t. This was very depressing. \u00a0I brought him home and on good days we played in the round pen doing ground work. \u00a0I thought I could make it until April to get a ridable Fancy back from Florida.<\/p>\n
Tony Vaught came to town to do his farrier work on Cisco. \u00a0He pulled up by the barn, hopped out of the car, looked at Cisco and said, “Your horse is doing great!” \u00a0\u201cTHANKS!\u201d \u00a0I said. \u00a0But wait. \u00a0How did he know Cisco was doing great? \u00a0Turns out he was talking about Fancy. \u00a0His next words were this: \u00a0“Fancy is really doing great. \u00a0If you let me keep her all summer, I’ll win the Ranch Horse World Grand Championship.”<\/p>\n
WHAT!<\/p>\n
What could I do? \u00a0Fancy won the Open Reserve Ranch Horse World Grand Championship with Tony! \u00a0She was beaten by her half sister, Nova, ridden by Jenny Vaught. \u00a0It was a great show! \u00a0My name is on the owner registration papers of both horses! \u00a0Wheee! \u00a0When the classes were over, I got to have my first ride on Fancy. \u00a0I quickly determined that she is the perfect horse for me! \u00a0This was September. I had gone thru nearly a year without having a horse to ride. \u00a0My core muscles were happy in hibernation.<\/p>\n
Fancy had eight months for her restart. Tony rode Fancy in a bosal. \u00a0She had an aversion to a bit. \u00a0Her bit aversion was caused by torture during her failed first colt start.<\/p>\n
Fancy came home and was put into training with Erin Patterson. \u00a0Erin is a wonderful Fox Trotter trainer. \u00a0She started working on Fancy\u2019s hatred of the bit. \u00a0Fancy\u2019s head and mouth had been treated with inhumane methods during her first colt start. \u00a0We also discovered she also had a sore back. \u00a0Our vet chiropractor discovered the right hip had locked. \u00a0This made her have a \u201chitch\u201d when she was trying to gait.<\/p>\n
Horses are complicated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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