A DAY ON THE TRAIL
- Photos taken April 16, 2004
along the Little Pine Creek trails
THE HORSES AND RIDERS
Buckskin 3-year-old gelding: Zipnzorro, ridden by Denise Vaughn
Bay 2-year-old gelding: Doc Crackerjack, ridden by Gary Thomlinson
Photos taken by Susan Singer, (not shown)
also riding a 2-year-old gelding
Bay 2-year-old gelding: Doc Crackerjack, ridden by Gary Thomlinson
Photos taken by Susan Singer, (not shown)
also riding a 2-year-old gelding
Gary and Susan operate Ozark Equine,
breaking young horses by showing
them the world on these trails. On this day, Gary is training
Crackerjack,
and Denise, his owner, is riding along to watch how
her youngster behaves.
Denise says: "They've helped start three
2-year-olds for me this
spring, and all three were on the trails after only one day in the
round pen. I really like their program."
Pausing
to rest beside the bluff
The two young geldings are
learning to stand still and wait until they're told it's time to go.
Photo on the right:
Crossing
the creek
Zorro has had about 30 days training,
but this is only Crackerjack's
second day on the trail, and his third ride ever. Both days he crossed
the creek without any fuss. It's deep in spots, and the water is really
cold, year around, because Little Pine Creek is fed by a huge spring
not far upstream.
Photo below:
In the woods
