Stefanie Skidmore
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Apr 03 2024
New Kids on the Block
Meet the new Mustangs! 2yo dun (roan?) filly from Twin Peaks CA, 3yo palomino mare (with a face that’s chocolate on one side ) from Little Colorado WY, 3yo bay roan mare facility born to a Stewart Creek WY mare, 3yo tri colored pinto mare (NOT a paint, for my fellow color/terminology nerds) facility born …
Apr 03 2024
The Right Horse
I’ve been fortunate enough to be around a lot of horses over the past 30 years and I appreciate how much preferences vary as to who likes what in a horse and why. I determine whether I have a keeper or not by how badly I want to work with them and how far out …
Apr 03 2024
Hobble Training
Yesterday was Lorena’s – 2yo Twin Peaks, CA Mustang filly, adopted – first time in hobbles. It was a non-event. She’s comfortable with leading by a foot, having her feet handled and she’s been trimmed. When I put the hobbles on towards the end of our session and rewarded her for putting up with it, …
Apr 03 2024
Happy 9th birthday to my best girl
Lacy, my first branded Mustang, first TIP horse, first gaited horse I’ve ever owned, and the best horse I’ve had in my life yet, turned 9 on Sunday. We know that because she was born in holding in Cañon City to a Divide Basin, WY Mustang mare. I’m not the kind to bring my animals …
Apr 03 2024
Adding Value
The Shepherds and I made it home midday yesterday from our little adventure. We came back to a winter wonderland and more snow still falling. I got some work done and a ride in before dark, that’s what you see here. In other news, we finally decided who’s going to The Mustang Summit at the …
Apr 03 2024
Some thoughts while snowed in…
I was going to post a video this morning, that was before I got snowed in while having dinner at my friends’ house. We went from no snow before it got dark to 6+in when we looked outside a few hours later, some miles into narrow windy mountain dirt roads that don’t get plowed by …
Apr 03 2024
An ounce of prevention…
I recently read somewhere on social media – and I wish I could remember where – that the best way to fix a bad habit in a horse is to not let it develop on the first place. That’s so simple, yet at the same time so profound. I’ve seen so many horses revert back …
Mar 20 2024
Super Tuesday
Super Tuesday As many of you may have already read, Tiny, the biggest and most personable of our Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy Ambassador Mustangs is running for Mayor of Divide. Several of our quirky little towns have animals as their elected mayors, and how cool would it be if it was a Mustang? Every …
Mar 04 2024
Do the Thing
Nothing super profound here today, just a couple of clips from a ride I really enjoyed and a song that speaks to me, Ride Away by Matt Robertson Music I do have an education and I could be sitting in a warm office all day, coffee in hand, saying some version of “And is that …
Feb 27 2024
New Mustangs Update
The 4 wild ones we picked up last week from the Cañon City BLM Wild Horse & Burro Program holding facility , Gus aka Gus the bus, Lorena, Deets and Woodrow, now have 4 sessions under their belt. They halter and lead, we’ve started tying them and Gus and Lorena have started on picking up …