Horse Training Peter Doulgeropoulos IQuest

Objective of The Year My objective this year was to get my horses ready for competition – Dash and Briar were going to do halter/modeling class – Hoot was bought to sell but now I am keeping him – Ditto goal was to get him healthy and into a trail class or cowboy challenge

Hoot Hoot is a 13 year old green broke gelding – He spent three in pasture till I acquired him in Sept. The I acquired Him

Working Hoot When I first got him worked from the ground for an hour a day – I use to stand with a lead rope and throw it over Over the last four months I have ridden Hoot four days a week – In the arena Now in the past few weeks I have been trail riding – We have been running down hills and chasing cows

Hoot

Ditto

Ditto is a dead broke gelding – He’s the horse I learned to ride – He’s isolate resistant which means he can only have grass hay – He needs to be worked three times a week so he can keep weight off and not founder – I have had to become his nutrtionest

Briar Briar is a six year old mare – She underweight, had baby, and was two months when was four years old We didn’t know she was pregnant till the baby was born She then got bit by a rattle snake and had to be taken to U.C. Davis Now I have been putting weight on her

Briar At U.C. Davis

Briar’s Hole

Dash Dash is a stud colt – He was a mistake baby – This year I taught him how trailer, tie, pick up his feet, and ground work

Five to Ten Years My dream is to be a mounted patrol officer

Future Plans Next year I will have my horses on my ranch in Linden, CA while attending Delta community college

Blog The blog was an interesting thing. My favorite blog was the one where I talked disciplining my horses. ses ses

Book The I read was Considering The Horse by Mark Rashid. The book gave me great tips on how to deal with my horses.

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