Grace rides Black Gold, RJ/Hidalgo’s 3 year old filly who has 11 days of training. This outstanding filly is a talented young horse with an amazing temperament. Black Gold is a 3 year old breeding stock paint mare with a great mind. This jet black filly has been trained by Rex Peterson and Cari Swanson. She is available for sale to someone looking for a special horse, she is such a talented athlete and will excel in any discipline.
Wyatt takes his daily lesson on RJ, his favorite horse at Windrock Farm. Wyatt is visiting for a month from LA.
After 5 years from its premiere, the Disney film “Hidalgo” remains popular among many horse lovers. Every week I receive emails from fans asking about the number of horses used in making this epic tale. Here are good friends, Viggo Mortensen (the human star) and Rex Peterson (the horse trainer) on TJ and RJ behind the scenes on the set in Morocco. You can see the make-up running off the horses faces. Each morning the 2 main cast horses had to sit for over an hour while the make-up crew painted them to look alike. Just another example of the magic of making movies.
Joa rode a beautiful dressage test with her best score ever, 31.1! After her test, she thanked the judge with a bow from Kestrel. Show jumping proved to be a breeze, Kestrel flew over each jump effortlessly. The cross country rode flawlessly, with Joa and Kestrel coming in at the perfect time. No issues with the water this year, Congratulations to this team for a BLUE ribbon performance.
photography by Glenn Hunt Photography whose outstanding work can be seen at http://www.glennhunt.com.au/
Remember to practice schooling your cross country jumps with rhythm and balance as the basic criteria when approaching a fence. You must also be straight to the jump and coming at it with an appropriate speed. Practice makes perfect, so be sure to take your time and do your homework.
At a recent clinic, Rex Peterson introduced this Ancora to a Grand Prix dressage horse who wrings his tail in piaffe and passage.
This simple device known as the Ancora, will help your horse stop wringing his tail, thus putting all his energy into his work. The bells on the bottom also teach him to not be afraid of anything behind him. You must ride your horse with this for a minimum of 10 days so that he learns that every time he lifts his tail it cannot go anywhere, eventually he will not even try to swing it. Trick ropers ride their trick horses in this for the first 2 years of training so that the ropes never get caught under the tails. Horses trained for the movies all learn to ride with this as part of their desensitizing routine.
We just returned from a successful weekend in Nashville, TN where the AQHA hosted the first of many Quarterfest Events honoring the Quarter Horse from many aspects of the horse world. Reining, roping, mounted shooters, trail classes and amazing performances each evening kept us all busy each day. Tuff (from the films Flicka, Van Helsing, Appaloosa) and Cache (Viggo’s mount in Appaloosa) performed each evening in a liberty act , amazing the audience with a display of control of each horse with Rex using only body movements and the whips to guide his horses.
17 hand gelding, very elegant, easy to ride, this horse is a very special guy. If you are looking for an Equitation horse, jumper, dressage or event horse, he is talented, a bold jumper, light to the aids and a true gentleman on the ground. At 6 years old, he shows tremendous promise to excel in any job. contact Cari to schedule an appointment to try this exceptional athlete.
