Riding the new paint horse late this afternoon

[Soapweed]

Chousing the colt in the round corral

Around and around we go

A pause just because

Off to move some cattle

Hope he doesn't run away in this brief Kodak moment

The Kontemplative Kid

His last day of high school was today

My dad after a hard afternoon mowing his lawn

Ten feet tall and bullet-proof

One

Two

Three

My pony and me

I kind of like this new horse

Rode hard and hung up wet

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Better tell your Dad that he needs to hire a girl for that yard work. :wink:

 

[Mrs.Greg]

I kinda like that new horse too.I see your tormenting Katy again :twisted:

I love the pic of your dad....them seniors are awfully special people

 

[DJL]

I kind of like your new horse too, Soapweed. I see you have a son with the same invincibility as mine. He stands on his horse regularly to look over the slab fences or to talk to someone in the next pen.

 

[Faster horses]

Nice young horse, Soapweed. Where did he come from?
How old is he?
I have been gone so I must have missed the information.

I have always liked Brock's sorrell tho. He's hard to beat.

Thanks for the pictures!

 

[Jerry H]

hey soap
i'm not much on paints but your's looks to be alright
he looks like he might have had a nice little hump in back in the round corral
but he looks like he should travel alright and i bet that means alot in your country
until later
jerry

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

I been waitin on a name......you always come up with nifty names for yer critters....... :wink: See his brand is 2Z (Toozie) LOL

 

[Shortgrass]

Nice looking pony alright. Hope his heart is there when you need it. What is wrong with the pics, though is the Cosmos Kid is wathching the old man top off the colt!

 

[Soapweed]

I been waitin on a name......you always come up with nifty names for yer critters....... :wink: See his brand is 2Z (Toozie) LOL

So far I've been calling him "To Zee or Not To Zee, That is the Question." But that is kind of long. In the sale catalog, his nickname was "Brandy," and his registered real name is "Inta Da Brandy" which is rather catchy.

I bought a four-year-old Paint gelding in 1974, and he was one of the best horses of my lifetime. I kept him for fourteen years, and when he was eighteen years old I traded him to a family for a completely restored two-seated buggy. Their daughter used him for barrel racing and 4-H activities for a few more years. I alway called that Paint, "My Spotted Horse." That's as far as giving him a name ever got. :wink:

 

[Faster horses]

You didn't answer my questions, Soap.

Where did you get him and how old is he?

Is Brock ready to sell the sorrell? Mr. FH needs another
nice gelding.

 

[DJL]

FH see the post 'The daily dose, May 2, 2007' and that will bring you up to speed on the new horse.

 

[efb]

Soap, I'm thinking the reason your dad happened to be so handy for a picture, he probably topped off the colt before you went to the pasture. :wink: If 2Z is 16 h then Brocks sorrel must be close to the same. I am wondering how old your dad is and how long since he's been horseback ? I have a friend from Cassoday, KS who's dad rode regularly well into his 80's.

 

[Jerry H]

hello soap
i have been told all my life that it's a bad omen to change a horses name
so i think i would call him "brandy" myself
just my 2 cents worth
he still looks like he could be a nice horse
until later
jerry

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

Jerry, I've always heard the same thang.

Guess he could call him 2BrandyZ...that way h is brandins will always go easy LOL

 

[peg4x4]

Bad luck to change Registered name,or"call" name..And how would you know what his name was ? That may explain a lot.

 

[Jerry H]

peg
the call name
soapweed wrote that in the sale catalog it had his call name as brandy

when i buy a horse i always ask if he has a name and if so i use that one
when i was working on ranches that provided the horses the jigger boss would tell you the name of the horse when he roped him out and gave him to you
until later
jerry

 

[Soapweed]

Soap, I'm thinking the reason your dad happened to be so handy for a picture, he probably topped off the colt before you went to the pasture. :wink: If 2Z is 16 h then Brocks sorrel must be close to the same. I am wondering how old your dad is and how long since he's been horseback ? I have a friend from Cassoday, KS who's dad rode regularly well into his 80's.

Two years ago my dad borrowed my good old gentle horse, Tom Cat, to rope and drag calves at our branding. Dad was 82 at the time, and Tom Cat was 23 years old. I figured that between the two of them, there was 105 years of solid ranching experience. They brought quite a few calves to the branding fire that morning, and both did a good job. I think that was the last time that Dad has been horseback. He did a lot of riding through the years, mostly in the line of duty. In more recent years, we talked him into going on a few trail rides, but he just didn't feel useful riding a horse without a herd of cows stretched out in front of him. :wink: