Splash the Crowd-
Me and this feisty mare go way back.. back to 2011 when I picked her up on the other side of the boarder as a yearling. She was my first “barrel horse” prospect. From there I played around with her until she was 2, then I sent her to get started. I knew she would be a handful in the beginning so I had no problem paying for 30 day to get the fire tamed down so I could take it from there. It was all on me from there, her second and third year consist of slow slow work in preparation of her futurity debut.
We had our ups and downs and getting her figured out was never ending growing pains. What do you do with a mare that gives you serious attitude but you don’t want to pick and start a fight?! I was just trying to learn as I go and having a patient, open mind paid off in the end. We had a great futurity year, finishing top 5 in Ontario.
The satisfaction of taking a 2 year old with 30 days and turning it around to becoming a great barrel horse got me hooked on this game. I knew this was something great when we were at one of Ontario’s biggest shows and I had my little, 14.1 hand palomino mare entered. We walked away the TLC Summer Classic 1D Futurity Average Champs! It was so great and I was so in love with that feeling of it all coming together; the work was so worth it!
She is so gritty, so strong and she means business! I thank her for being the intense mare she is, its always 110% with her and what more can you ask for?