Sweetie, Kathe and Obstacle Course

We have had a lot of fun recently with our lovely horse gentler, Kathe Smothers, http://quietmindhorsemanship.com/.  She set up an obstacle course for us to use with the horses.
Below is a photo of Kathe introducing Sweetie to the course:

Point Arena Pinto Event - latest flyer

THE POINT ARENA PINTO EVENT AND RAFFLE

COME SEE THE PINTOS AND WATCH TRAINER KATHE SMOTHERS GENTLE THEM

GET YOUR EQUINE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY JOHN FLING  D.V.M.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

10:00am – 1:00pm

AT THE PINTO RANCH IN POINT ARENA

TICKET/RAFFLE COST:

$60.00 FOR ADULTS;  $10.00 FOR CHILDREN UNDER 12

(FOR SAFETY REASONS PLEASE ONLY TWO CHILDREN PER ADULT)

THE PRICE OF YOUR TICKET INCLUDES PARTICIPATION IN THE RAFFLE ANDYOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN.

TICKETS SOLD AT

FOUR EYED FROG BOOKS, ARFF FEED AND PET SUPPLIES , AND THE SEA TRADER

IN GUALALA, CA

OUTBACK GARDEN AND FEED (STORE ON MAIN ST), POINT ARENA, CA

TICKETS ALSO SOLD AT THE GATE

SORRY NO DOGS ALLOWED, FOR THE SAFETY OF THE HORSES

HORSE TRAINER KATHE SMOTHERS, AN ONGOING STUDENT OF BUCK BRANNAMAN FOR TWENTY YEARS, WILL DEMONSTRATE THE WORK SHE IS DOING WITH THE PINTOS IN THE ROUND PEN. OUR VET, DR JOHN FLING WILL JOIN KATHE IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS.

T-SHIRTS , THE POINT ARENA PINTO BOOK,  2014 CALENDARS, POSTERS AND OTHER PINTO RELATED ITEMS WILL BE FOR SALE AT THE EVENT.

WHEN YOU PURCHASE YOUR TICKET YOU WILL BE GIVEN WRITTEN DIRECTIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.  *NOTE PRIUS HYBRID CARS CANNOT MAKE IT UP OUR ROAD.

FOR UPDATES VISIT :http://pointarenapintos.blogspot.com.

Thunder

Thunder is the lead stallion of the pinto herd and has been on the coast for his whole life. We are not sure his age but the best guest is he is over 20.  In the above photo he is standing on the bluff above Highway 1 looking very regal where he is admired by people when they drive by.

When I first met him he had a pretty bad reputation as the fence on the property he was living on was down. He would get into trouble wandering around the neighborhood.  However things have changed for him and so he has changed!  He now lives on a totally fenced in property, gets extra food regularly and does not have such a large herd to be responsible for anymore.  He is much calmer and very happy.  He has adjusted to humans, although we cannot touch him, we can hand feed him carrots. 

I absolutely adore him and he has so much love in his eyes when we are with him. 

He is too old to be gelded so he would die. He still produces babies with the two mares that live with him.  If we took the mares away and brought them next door to our property, he would break the fence down to get to them. Horse instinct to breed is very strong, so in this case we must let nature takes its course.  

His herd is smaller because we have the other stallions from the original herd, now geldings, living on our side of the fence.  When the new colts and fillies are a year old we also bring them over here and the colts are gelded at the appropriate age so they cannot breed. 

Some recent photos of Thunder with his latest son, Majestic

Majestic is 6 weeks old in these photos.

Blue Eye

Several of the pintos have one blue eye. The two breeding mares, Polka Dot, and Mama,as well as Little One, Majestic and Otumwa, pictured above, have one blue eye. A wonderful friend to the pintos said he thought Otumwa with her thick white mane looks like a punk rock star!  Don't you agree?!

Suki and Sweetie's Great Adventure

Suki and Sweetie are down in Anza with their trainer Kathe Smothers being trained to be riding horses.
Sally Campbell, another wonderful friend to the pintos, and I went down to see them last week in the heat wave. Hot!!  So we were not able to do much work with the horses but it was wonderful to see them and Kathe's ranch.
They have learned to stand still when tied to a fence or post and love to get hosed down!

Here is a photo of Suki saddled with Kathe:

He looks very handsome!  We look forward to their return to the Pinto Ranch at the end of the month.

Kathe will be doing a two day horsemanship clinic here on the coast Saturday and Sunday August 3rd and 4th.  Call Molly at 707 884-1329  or Kathe at 805 798-0234 for more information.

SAVE THE DATE Saturday, September 14, 2013

THE POINT ARENA PINTOS EVENT AND RAFFLE

COME SEE THE PINTOS !

 WATCH TRAINER KATHE SMOTHERS GENTLE THEM

GET YOUR EQUINE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY JOHN FLING  D.V.M.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

10:00am – 1:00pm

AT THE PINTO RANCH IN POINT ARENA

TICKET/RAFFLE COST: $50.00 – PURCHASED BEFORE AUGUST 14

$60.00 AFTER AUGUST 14TH; $10.00 FOR CHILDREN UNDER 12

 (FOR SAFETY REASONS PLEASE ONLY TWO CHILDREN PER ADULT)

                       

TICKETS SOLD AT FOUR EYED FROG BOOKS, GUALALA, CA AND

OUTBACK GARDEN AND FEED (STORE ON MAIN ST), POINT ARENA, CA

                         ENTRANCE TO THE EVENT IS WITH PRESALE TICKETS ONLY.

HORSE TRAINER KATHE SMOTHERS, AN ONGOING STUDENT OF BUCK BRANNAMAN FOR TWENTY YEARS, WILL DEMONSTRATE THE WORK SHE IS DOING WITH THE PINTOS IN THE ROUND PEN. OUR VET, DR JOHN FLING WILL JOIN KATHE IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS.

THE PRICE OF YOUR TICKET INCLUDES PARTICIPATION IN THE RAFFLE AND YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN.

RAFFLE PRIZES:

·         FREE ONE HOUR LESSON WITH KATHE WITH YOUR HORSE AT A LATER DATE.

·         A 16 X 20 GICLEE PRINT OF AN ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING OF TWO BLACK AND WHITE POINT ARENA PINTOS BY ARTIST JEANI MARINI

·         A RIDE NEXT DOOR TO VISIT THUNDER AND THE NEW FOAL

·         A COPY OF THE POINT ARENA PINTO BOOK

·         TWO PINTO BASKETS WITH A PINTO T-SHIRT, A 2014 PINTO CALENDAR, A POSTER AND A BOX OF PINTO CARDS

T-SHIRTS , THE POINT ARENA PINTO BOOK,  2014 CALENDARS, POSTERS AND OTHER PINTO RELATED ITEMS WILL BE FOR SALE AT THE EVENT. WHEN YOU PURCHASE YOUR TICKET YOU WILL BE GIVEN WRITTEN DIRECTIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.  *NOTE PRIUS HYBRID CARS CANNOT MAKE IT UP OUR ROAD. FOR UPDATES VISIT :http://pointarenapintos.blogspot.com.

A New Colt

On May 17th Mama gave birth to a new colt, Majestic. We have not had a new colt for three years. Here he is 9 days old and  is very curious and serious.  He is just precious and it was love at first sight for all of us.  He has a special presence and he is going to be very big, thus the name Majestic.   

With his mother.

Majestic's eating with his parents, Thunder and Mama. His legs are so long that he has to spread them out in order to reach the grass. LOL.