Hello all.  I hope everyone is having a great summer so far.  Things are going good for us here in North Park.  We finished receiving cattle yesterday and are now gearing up for branding season which is always a highlight.  Nat and the kids will be here next week so I'm very excited for that.  All the horses are doing great and I couldn't be happier about that, too!  I wanted to take a few minutes to welcome all the new members and this week it's a long list!  I'm so grateful to all of you guys for making B1 what it is.  We are very blessed to have you. 

Welcome,  Mara Carnevali, hector alexis cuevas dominguez, Alexis Ortiz, Kim Kent , Nathan Johnson, Dom Demers, Caleb Whiteside, Carsin Cook, Jake Nourse, Ty Jenkins, Tracey, Jacqueline France , Brad Barker, Sahvannah McDowell, Ashley Sutton, Clay Koehn, Audrey Buford, elizabeth Hendriks, Melonie Meehan, Petar, Beverly Gerard, Lachlan woods , Jordan Jacobs, Didi Duello, Shane D Richardson, Anthony Necochea, Mark Allan Belcher, Shauna Stephenson, Randi, Paul Messick

Please feel free to post any questions or comments here in the community or reach out to me directly if needed.  Richard

Hey guys,

Just wanted to give you a heads up, we kicked off a new ongoing series called Track and Rate: Building a Rope Horse.

Tracking is going the same direction. Rating is going the same speed. Two of the most fundamental things any saddle horse needs, and honestly it goes all the way back to leading. A horse that leads properly is already tracking and rating you. This is just a more advanced version of that same thing, now applied to a calf instead of a person.

Day one is up, split into two parts. Part one is establishing the rate. Part two is building the track.

We'll keep building on this one day by day. If you're working on something similar with your own horse, let us know how it's going. Curious to hear what you're running into.

You guys are always welcome to reach out and ask questions, don't be strangers.

So I’ve got a little gelding here, he’s a 4 year old highbrow cat. 

Is it true they’re all a little touchy? 😆 he’s the kinda guy that loves humans but also snorts at absolutely everything! I’ve had him for about 5 months he’s getting better but he thinks everything is out to get him.  

Rescue mare- first ride. Finally got the first ride on this rescue mare im training. 14 years young. Had her teeth done today and by the work that was done she’d probably never seen a dentist. 

Hey Guys just went live, https://b1horsemanship.com/programs/live-xlpo9lqjisq

Hey!

I’ve got a nice 2 yr old AQHA Colt I’m bringing along. He’s a lot like the horse “neeches”. I got the first saddling done, he bronced out quite a bit to be honest hahah. Anywho, now when I go to throw on the saddle, and the stirrups, etc., fall on the opposite side he is veryyyyyy sensitive. When I did do the first saddle, he bucked good but by the end of the session he was working well with it. Just curious if there’s anything specific I should do to get him more “comfortable” with things being on his back. He’s completely fine with the saddle pad and cinch combo, I’ve flanked him, and had ropes all over him. Is it a matter of me getting more confident in letting him bronc out? 

We're going live again tonight.  6pm mountain.  Bring your questions and complaints😂!  Hope to see you there.

Lil fella comin along 

Missed the call last night darn it. Hope there’s another one. Anywho. Here’s an update on that rescue mare that I’m training. I honestly think she’s broke. And someone ruined her- she understands pressure- she’s used to people with weight in the stirrups- she adapts to training methods- and will try different tricks and once she realizes they don’t work we have break thru. So we’re inching closer to our first ride 

I know this isn't really training related, but wanted to see if you Richard, and/or anyone else had any experience with this. 

I got this mare about 3 months ago and we've been doing groundwork, ground driving, and I've gotten in her and got a few steps. 

She set up due to all the rain we've been getting(thank God) and turned up lame about a week ago. We exhausted the resources of our local vet and wound up having to go about an hour and a half south for x-rays. Vet highly suspected abscess-ok fine. Soak, pack, wrap. 

But the skyline view showed severe navicular front right, moderate front left. She just turned 5 in April-a baby. 

This is all very new to me and I don't know what life might look like moving forward. She isn't yet broke and I'm a bit concerned that even if she can handle light riding, she may not be able to physically handle some of the groundwork it would take to get us to the point of light riding. 

Any thoughts?