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Comment by maureen hall on September 17, 2009 at 9:27pm

Thank you - also showing our weanling filly.

Comment by Sharon B on September 17, 2009 at 9:06pm

He's absolutely beautiful Maureen. Good Luck on Sat.

Comment by maureen hall on September 17, 2009 at 8:40am

If you aren't doing anything saturday you can come which this over 40 show a 2 yr old stud colt at the CSHA show at rcra.
Here is a pic of him

Comment by Cathy McK on September 17, 2009 at 8:12am

Welcome Connie, like your horse.

Comment by Gail Morse on September 17, 2009 at 7:50am

Hey Connie: Welcome and feel free to join the over 5o's as well.
They are really active. I started an over 60's and soon will start a gov't pension one as will be 65 in 2 weeks. Hope you have fun with all of your new friends. Gail.

Comment by Connie Delorme on September 16, 2009 at 11:34pm

I've just joined and only have 1 year before joining the over 50 rider group :-( . Have rode my whole life; ranch born, raised and still enjoying the lifestyle. We run a Paint/QH breeding program along side the beef cattle in the secluded corner of SW Saskatchewan. Kudos to those that just began riding lately - you'll love it! Its a 'good habit' to have. :-)

Comment by Equine Niagara on September 15, 2009 at 5:36am

https://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e2kr3mqt5642a6d3 Enter the Wind Rider Challenge - Sept. 18th in Welland, ON 4-6pm - a unique all breed, all discipline competition. Win prizes and money plus compete at CanAm in March.

Comment by Shirley on September 15, 2009 at 2:01am

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"Are They Still Real?"
A young girl's question rings true as we continue to lose our herds of wild mustangs to uncontrollable mismanagement by our own government. Here is an update on Cloud's capture and release and what you can do now. Plus a preview of the new show!


Dear Friends of Cloud and his herd;



On September 9th six of us stood atop a low hill near the corrals where the Pryor wild horses would be set free. The first band to be released was Cloud’s. But, the family was missing the young members of the band and Cloud knew it. Instead of racing to freedom as he has done twice before, he dashed in a circle around his mares and lone foal, Jasmine. Again and again he tried to snake them back toward the corrals where part of his family was held captive.



It is the stallion father’s job to keep the family together and we saw a display unlike anything I have ever seen as Cloud swept past his band trying to keep them from returning to the mountain top. The whole time wranglers on horse back drove the band and yelled at the horses, trying to get them to leave. Cloud paid no attention to the riders on their tall horses. Instead he tried in vain to reunite his splintered family. In the end the mares won, racing away with Cloud grudgingly following. With tears in our eyes, we watched him disappear into the desert.




Two days earlier we had stood on high hill over looking the corrals watching as bands were driven in from the mountain top through the desert. My heart dropped as I spotted the pale horse in the distance with his band. It was Cloud. The helicopter pilot dipped and swerved, doing its best to bring his family in through the desert foothills. With the Black in the lead, the band broke back time and again, as if knowing what lay before them. Finally, the helicopter was able to press them into the wings of the trap and Cloud took the lead. The Judas horse was released and raced past him. What happened next was a first for me. Cloud completely ignored the lure of the Judas horse! When the corral came into view he slowed and the band pushed in around him, trying to run away from the helicopter. Dust swirled around them as Cloud stopped and turned to face the chopper and stood still for a few seconds. Then, he turned following his family into the corral. I have never seen this kind of defiant courage . . . ever.

And so, I ask that we take his lead. Courage is what we need now. Courage and tenacity.

We must keep up the fight.


photo above: Living Images by Carol Walker


SHOW PREVIEW HERE. The new PBS Nature Cloud program, "Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions" will premiere on Sunday, October 25th - many of the horses you will meet in this third chapter now sit in pens at the base of their mountain home. Please help us lobby for the release of the older horses immediately. You can read and follow our frequent updates on The Cloud Foundation blog here.

TAKE ACTION NOW:

Ask for the release of the older horses from the Pryor Mountain roundup, it is cruel and nonsensical to remove Grumpy, 21 year old mare, Conquistador, a 19-year-old band stallion, and the 11 other horses over ten years old. Ask for the immediate reform of the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program, call daily and fax your comments as well!

1. White House Switchboard – 202-456-1414 (fax: 202-456-2461) -- Ask for Senior Advisors: Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod. Ask for Michelle Obama too, her office is receiving a tremendous number of calls and they need to continue.


2. Call your Senators – switchboard 202-224-3121 and ask that they support S1579, The Restore our American Mustang (ROAM) Act


3. Call the Senate Committee of Natural Resources – 202-224-4971 (fax 202-224-6163) Email here. ask that they push the ROAM Act through immediately– it must go up for a vote soon in the Senate


4. .Join us for for the next Advisory Board Meeting and "Mustangs on the Hill"- Sept. 28 & 29th

Please join me and many others at the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Meeting in Arlington, VA on September 28th (click here for information). Make your voice heard – and then join us in DC on the hill for meetings with key members of the Senate as well as upper-level whitehouse and Department of Interior staff the following day. Our wild horses' hoofbeats need to be heard in Washington DC! More details to follow to be posted on our blog soon.








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Comment by Melissa L on September 15, 2009 at 1:29am

Trying to figure out how to get through this forum board and add pictures inside of posts instead of attachments - not sure this is going to work but going to give it a shot!

Comment by trina gifford on September 14, 2009 at 10:56pm

Hello all,
I have been riding and some showing western since i 13. the last couple years i have been scared to ride. Why? can not tell you.. nothing bad has happened. just got scared. Well, this is for anyone else that had this problem.. suck it up and get out there. this year i got tired of being scared and just got out there and started riding our green horses. This was 3 months ago.. now i am getting ready for a show the first of oct. riding saddleseat for the first time ever. on our home raised 6 yo. and riding our just started 4 yo.. do not know why i got this fear but i did. Age? but it is now gone.. thanks to just getting back in the saddle.. i feel like i did when i was a kid again.. can not wait for ride time!!!!!!!!!

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