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Third Update

As our time is coming near, Waylon has made extraordinary progress over the last 60 days. There's still much to be done but he's just about show ready, he'll make a fine horse for his next owner if they can put some more time into him.

We've learned under saddle he's actually quite lazy once relaxed, doesn't quite need a spur but he does need a little motivation to keep him moving. He wants to stop frequently, in fact it seems that's his favorite part of his workouts, walk breaks.

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Week 3! Waylon finally has leading down, we've been working with him daily at this point. He's been upgraded to a new halter and has the privilege of getting it taken off after he's done working now that he can be caught easily. This week we were able to get him accustom to the saddle pad and the saddle being on his back. It took him a couple days but now he's a champ being led around the round pen. Next week we will begin working on steering from the ground and getting some weight into that saddle!

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After our first week working with the mustang, which we've decided to call Waylon we ended up being able to walk up to him and groom him but he was slacking a bit with his leading. Once you'd apply pressure to the rope he'd suck back and plant himself pretty firmly. After several unsuccessful attempts to try and get him to give into pressure we brought out Majesty to help us out. After about 20 minutes of Majesty dragging him around he started to get the idea and quit fighting as hard.

Once we were able to get Waylon into the roundpen Nicole began teaching him some basic lunging commands. The goal today was to get him moving forward in at least the direction Nicole was aiming for and for him to change directions by turning towards her opposed to turning away from her swinging his hind end out. Once he was able to do so, Nicole introduced the term "woah" and began working on winding him down to a halt and rubbing the lunge whip across his body.

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This morning Nicole got to spend some time with our guest and give an evaluation. Things are looking good, he’s pretty curious about his surroundings and doesn’t give a big reaction to things that scare him (so far).

After a few minutes of talking and slowly making her way up to him, Nicole was able to snap her lead rope onto his halter. Leaving the rope loosely around her arm Nicole started petting him across his body where he’d let her, trying to desensitize him a little to touch. Next up she’ll bring out her stick and string and drag it across his body, especially his hind end to get him used to touch and hopefully avoid any accidents. Until he is comfortable with people and at least halter broke he will be staying in his temporary holding stall. Eventually we’d like him to be moved into the training barn to get him used to being stalled.

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It’s been awhile, but recently we entered an official mustang makeover challenge! This morning we picked up our lucky contestant; a beautiful 5yo gelding from Steward Creek HMA.

We have 60 days to complete as much training as we possibly can, when all is said and done he will be auctioned off to find a new home!

We had some trouble loading him up at the pickup site but we were able to coax him on eventually. Once we backed the trailer into his temporary pen and dropped the ramp he flew out like a bat out of hell! Thankfully we were able to get the trailer out of there and the gate closed with no further issues. Thankfully he seems relatively easy going and curious after he settled from all the excitement. He met his new neighbor, Majesty and sniffed around for a bit before he gave in to the fresh hay on the ground.

We can’t wait to get this guy started. For now he’s a no-name but soon enough he’ll earn his name. He’ll get the rest of the day to settle in but first thing in the morning Nicole will give him an evaluation to see what we’re working with.

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New Beginnings; Donner & Ghost

After a week or two, we decided it was time to start working with the new mustangs. Donner, the stallion is extremely aggressive and protective of the mare Ghost. We've managed to get a rope halter on him via constraining him but thats as close as we've got. Some of the employees helped move them into the outdoor arena to give them some more space. After about an hour of trying to get near the stallion with no luck, Nicole took her rope and was able to swing it around his neck, getting some kind of hold on him. Donner retaliated but Nicole stood her ground. After a few hours she managed to break down his defensive fortress and discovered the way to his heart was through affection, ironically. It seemed once she was able to show him affection he melted in her arms. Don't get me wrong, he's got a long way to go but today was a major breakthrough. Hopefully we can get him to the point where he isn't to protective of Ghost.

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Welcome RR What A Drama Queen "Majesty"

I couldn't resist this gorgeous 6yo from Sadie Woodson. She's got some titles under her belt already so she'll be part of the show team for sure. We're thinking of pursuing cutting and reining for her. She rode beautifully in Cloe's lesson today, it was her first ride since arriving last week!

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Heres some more entries from the barrel racing show on Cavallo!

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Finished up the Green Horse Class entries for a barrel racing show on Cavallo! I've got 5 more planned out for the Novice and Open classes but I didn't want to burn myself out doing them all in one night.

Read the story here! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xBeMzFQypTi5W9bd5To1W3RaMKHN8ZwWlnaI_uqVUdg/edit?usp=sharing

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We’ve got some new faces! At the auction this weekend was a bonded pair of young mustangs (presumably spanish). The stallion, who we’ve named Donner is *very* protective over the mare we’ve named Ghost.

Ghost is shy but we see a lot of potential in her. We were aiming for her but the helpers at the auction could not safely separate the two so we took both. Donner has a long road ahead of him but with some training and some time to cool down, he may be a diamond in the rough. Although he’s very aggressive, he moves beautifully so hopefully we can get him settled down.

According to their information sheet they were both feral mustangs taken in from one of the roundups out west so we’ve got ourselves some real pieces of history. They also however have been inseparable so we’ll have to keep an eye on the mare as she may be pregnant already.

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We’ve got a new brand! Took awhile to think of something, I tried to keep it traditional to real life brands where its a symbol representing words. I ended up with the northern star and a mountain line, or ridgeline ending up with the Northern Ridge, thus Northern Ridge Stables :)

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The two young studs have been having some good fun in the snow. Blue seems to be the spunkier of the two, he’ll be a handful to train. However I’d love to transfer that high energy into work! Mojo may be a little more laid back but he’s definitely spunky none-the-less. I’m torn with him, I was going to sell him but he’s growing on me. I haven’t decided what I want him to do just yet. All of these guys will be turning two pretty soon here so they’ll be started under saddle within the next month or so.

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The babies are also getting so big! They’re already yearlings and definitely acting as so. Currently we’ve got the stallions separated from the mares. Starla seems to be the most affectionate of the group, constantly seeking attention from whoever is spending time with her.

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Got some entries done for the Stock Horse Association’s Regional Qualifiers

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I also have to announce the birth of the last two foals for the 2020 winter season!

Welcome to the world NRS Spirit’s Lucky Charm “Mojo” and NRS A Silver Bullet “Kleo”

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The foals have official profile pictures! (and a template update)

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Welcoming Hunting’s Christmas Night “Night” to Northern Ridge Stables via Sadie Woodsons’s Christmas raffle! We have some barrel racing and possible jumping plans for Ms. Night!

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