1. Horse Training Peter Doulgeropoulos IQuest

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Hoot

6. Ditto

7. 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

8. 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

9. Briar At U.C. Davis

10. Briar’s Hole

11. 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

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

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

14. Blog The blog was an interesting thing. My favorite blog was the one where I talked disciplining my horses. https://www.blogger.com/home/foxtrotterhor ses https://www.blogger.com/home/foxtrotterhor ses

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

16. Mentors