Cuttin'~Coyote~and Wildlife on the Ranch

I'm not getting much blogging time since I'm in the middle of a huge ag survey job...that will end on June 11, but I've got to keep my nose to the grindstone...

My first ever wild horse, Coyote, left last Friday for a trial with his prospective new owners. I finally got serious the guts to put him on DreamHorse last week...and the very same day I got numerous inquiries. This prospective home will be an excellent match I believe.

My farrier, Pat, and his wife happen to be mutual friends with the buyer, who lives in the Willamette Valley. We made arrangements for Coyote to travel with Pat for a week long visit. We packed Coyote in with Pat's three horses (nose to tail in a slant)...it was a pretty tight fight, but he rode like a champ. It was a long haul, and he came out of the trailer taking everything in stride...I would expect nothing less of the big guy.  They were hoping to get a good trail ride in today, but the weather in Oregon has been very wet...even here on the East side.

It'll be hard on the heart to not have Coyote here

with us, but he's such a good horse, and I don't

believe good horses deserve to be left standing around.

I'm sure that he'll be enhancing another person's life;
he'll have purpose.

Sorry about the fuzzy, but I got into the digital zoom.

While I rode up on the hill getting the photos of Coyote, I took some shots waaaaaaaaaay across the draw of what I thought were deer...but when I downloaded them today, I see they were antelope! These are the first antelope I've ever seen on our ranch. I'm sure they've been here before, I've just never seen them, so it was a real treat!

We took time out last Saturday so Colt and I could attend the 2nd cutting of the season with the High Desert Cutters. Between the rain and snow, it was questionable whether the arena would be OK. The Board of Directors decided to go for it and it was perfect footing!

Colt and I didn't do so good...got a back fence penalty and then lost the cow and scored a 60. But the last cow was OK, so at least we were able to quit on a good note. But as you watch this snippet, notice the gorgeous background...springtime in Catlow Valley...it really can't get much better!