Fall Plans: 2021

 

Fall Plans

by Patricia Barlow-Irick on September 30, 2021

Wren and Uncle Remus in NMLB Holding

We picked up two bay horses gathered as estray by the New Mexico Livestock Board. The six-year old gelding seems very tame, while the yearling filly is clearly unhandled. We named him Uncle Remus and her Wren. She is pretty aggressive for a sweet name like that.

Uncle Remus had a cough when he got here, which has gotten worse. Wren has a runny nose. They are now on antibiotics and should make quick recovery. It slowed their training down only slightly.

As of the end of September, Remus is finishing Task 15 and Wren is working on Task 10. She is learning to not try to bite me when she gets frustrated.

It turned out that the Park elected to capture only one horse, the pink nosed stallion in the bottom image. His name is Marvel.

The NMAC is trying to find a trainer in south western Colorado to take him, but they are keeping me on the hook incase that doesn’t happen. He just might be our winter project.

It is going to be a big adventure at any rate.