HD Ranch Benefit Trail Ride for HSNT

 

This past weekend my sisters, mother and I took our horses to Blum, Texas for a big trail ride hosted by the Humane Society of North Texas.  We brought Jesse James and Relay with us too. I didn't ride Jesse, he just came for the exposure, this trail ride is WAY to much for such a young horse in my opinion.  Jesse was pretty popular when I would play around with him at the campground though.  Everyone loved seeing our little mustangs lay down on command.  They were just little angels for us.  Relay did great on the trail ride.

 

After the trail ride, the girls and I were pretty tired. So when it came time to get water for the horses, we were already in our pajamas. Somehow my mom caught us goofing around on Relay.  Relay was such a great addition to our family.  He's such a character, I'm so glad we have such a great little horse.

Jennifer feeding Rascal

Beautiful sunset!

Feeding and Unpacking

Camping

Mom caught us in our PJ's goofing around.

Virginia on Relay

Virginia on Relay

March 2013

 

Thought is was time for a little update on Jesse!  Although I won't be riding him hard for at least another year until he grows up, Jesse has a bright future ahead of him.  Our first ride was great! He's super soft and very willing and responsive.  I can't wait to see what the future brings with him and I.

Deden girls.

February's Adventures 2013

Climbing Logs.

Still got it!

Had lots of fun playing with Jesse this weekend we worked on climbing over a bunch of new stuff and just did some reviewing of the basics as well.  He's turning out to be a fabulous little two year old won't be long before I saddle him up and see what else he'd be good at doing!

Christmas 2012

Relay and Me

Turned Jesse into a reindeer for Christmas!

Haven't posted anything in a while, been busy with m horses.  Jesse James has been doing fabulous in his now life of leisure and Relay is a wonderful horse to go riding by myself on.  Enjoy the pictures, couldn't have asked for any better mustangs!

Thanksgiving Family Pictures

Jesse's in this year Deden Family picture.

Little 'accidental' Liberty.

Everyone loves a little hug from Jesse.

Bowing

My lil' Jesse relaxing.

Never hurts to review the basics.

Jesse has had plenty of off time so my family decided to add him into our Christmas picture.  He's such a sweet little guy.  He's getting up there on height too! He's almost as tall as me now!

November 2012

Since I've taken Jesse home he has had a lot of free time to roam around.  Since I've been busy with my senior year Jesse's roaming around with other horses doing what mustangs do best.  Pulled him out one day.  He's still amazing if not even more amazing than the last time, I couldn't ask for better mustangs.  Jesse James and all the other mustangs are happy as can be.

 Relay and I go on long rides every weekend.  He is an amazing mustang, I put my reins down every time we go riding an just guide him with my legs.  You can't ask for any better horse.

My Jesse.

Jesse did pretty good with me standing on him.

Little side-passing

 More jumps!

Little tired.

Epic jump!

Hand stands and Horses!

Teaching Jesse it's alright for me to be up here.

Relay and Me

Trying new things. Relay is so calm.

Jesse over jumps!

Jesse jumps anything, little and big.

Big jump!

He's such a pro!

Hoof Prince or in other words "Hoop Prince"

The infamous Hoof Prince and Jennifer!  The lovely pair were so cute together!  I'm so proud of little Jennifer! She trained him all by herself.  I just found this video of him before the Supreme Extreme Mustang Makeover 2012.  Isn't he just a doll?  This mustang sure loved this little girl!  They went well together.  It takes a special horse to learn from a little girl and learn well like he did!

Wild Horse and Burro Expo 2012!

 

The Wild Horse and Burro EWxpo is an event free of chanrge for all BLM Wild Mustangs run by the Adopt-A-Horse Program.  Along with the showcasing of the adopted mustags, they also offer wild horses for adoption.

Our Mustangs did really good this past weekend.

Jennifer & Jesse James got first place in Youth Showmanship and 6th in Yearling Trail.
Virginia & Bucephalus got 6th place in youth showmanship.
Virginia & Relay got 5th in western pleasure, 5th in barrel racing and 6th in pole bending.
Then you have me.  As I am 17 years old, I had to compete in the adult classes.  It was tough, but my horses still worked really hard and did really good for me.  I can always rely on my mustangs to be there for me.  Jesse James & I got 2nd in adult showmanship & first in yearling trail!  Very proud of my little boy!  He was so good everybody loved him!  I also competed on Relay, we got 4th in Adult Trail, 6th in poles and 5th in barrels.  Very proud of him too! He's never done poles or barrels before but he was such an amazing horse I love my mustangs so much!

This weekend also marked Bucephalus's new life away from me, I'll miss him dearly, but I know he's happy where he is now. 

Also, there was a huge costume contest where we dress up our horses!  Jennifer wanted Jesse to be a dragon so we made a dragon costume for Jesse to wear and a princes costume for Jennifer.  It was quite adorable.  We ended up laying him down and getting so memorable photo's of the two of them.  Jesse really has become a part of our family.  I hope I get to keep him for a long long time.