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05/23/2026

I took Reli up to Cynthia's place to play on the obstacles. He did pretty great overall. I did all the obstacles in hand first and it took him all of 3 times to do each of them then he'd do them with no hesitation. After he was solid with all of them on the ground, I saddled him up and rode him though. He was really relaxed, quiet, and confident doing them which is always wonderful to see!

05/19/2026

Here are Reli’s patterns! Reli also showed and he did pretty good all things considering. I just showed him in two in-hand classes, showmanship and obstacle/freestyle. His showmanship was pretty good and we ended up placing 2nd. His obstacle portion wasn’t the best, but his freestyle/pattern was beautiful. This was more for exposure for him and getting him out and about and experiencing new things. He was pretty watchy and weary of everything, but he held it together for the most part!

04/28/2026

Nala and I are all signed up for the IMHA show next weekend! This is our first show since comp in 24’ and we are looking forward to seeing all of our mustang friends! Who’s going to be there?

While I may have been quiet, that doesn’t mean I haven’t been hard at work with training! In this stage of training, pro...
04/07/2026

While I may have been quiet, that doesn’t mean I haven’t been hard at work with training! In this stage of training, progress is a bit slower as it’s the “finishing” work if you want to call it that. When you first get a new horse in for training or get a wild one in, progress seems very quick as they’re new to you or new to the domesticated life so it’s easier to share progress whereas when they’ve been domesticated for a while and know most the things, progress updates aren’t as frequent since we are mostly just polishing up skills while still introducing new things.

Reli has been an interesting horse to figure out. While he’s pretty broke now under saddle now and has all the buttons, he lacks confidence in himself and his surroundings so we’ve been focusing a lot on that, and I think trail riding will help a lot with that.

We’ve gone on a few trail rides now that the weather has gotten nicer and the ground has dried, some solo and some with other people/horses and he’s been doing great with them! He doesn’t care if horses are way out in front of him or behind him, which used to be a big deal for him! We even had one horse lope up from behind and right up to his hind end and he didn’t turn an ear and kept on walking along like nothing happened!

While I’ve been mostly riding on the trail with him, I will be starting to incorporate more ponying. I’ve found with him I can make noises and sudden movements on his back and while he does react, it’s more so just a spook in place. Ponying though I’ve found he flys sideways a few feet and thinks about bolting so ponying should help build his confidence in that area.

Happy Easter everyone!
04/06/2026

Happy Easter everyone!

02/02/2026

I wanted to give this video a post if it’s own and go a little bit in depth on the significance of it for Reli.

Reli has always had a hard time when it comes to people above him moving around or moving towards him. For example, if another rider were to sidepass over to him or he sidepasses over to the other rider, he has a really hard time with it and tries to back/move away from said person. He’s perfectly fine with having a rider on him and someone else riding in the arena, that hasn’t been an issue, but coming close to him or moving above him is the struggle.

Now that I have Nala back home, I was able to work on that quite a bit today. I first started with sidepassing into him without him scurrying off, then I would sidepass away so he knows once he does the correct thing and stays put, the pressure gets released without him feeling the need to leave the situation.

Once he got that part down, I asked him to side pass one step into me and I’d move off, leading him to believe that he was the one to make the scary thing move away which helped build his confidence. Once he was good with one step, I’d ask him to add more and more steps until he was right beside me and I was able to pet his whole body/side. Once he was beside me again, I’d move away while he stayed.

I want to build his confidence with people above him while doing it in a safe and controlled manner. I want him to be relaxed instead of tense, so me leaving before he starts to internally panic (which leads to him bolting) helps build that confidence up to where it eventually won’t be a problem.

01/13/2026

Reli had his first ride outside the arena today and in his paddock! Normally with every first ride outside, I lope them a bit in the arena to make sure there all checked in, but because I got home a bit later from work and the sun was fading on me quick, I didn’t get that chance to warm him up in there. I lunged him a couple circles outside then hopped on him and he was perfect the whole time! He didn’t care at all about the deer, was listening great to my leg cues, and was staying pretty soft and supple the whole time!

01/13/2026

Saturday my lesson student Paige rode Reli! Reli did absolutely fantastic for Paige and Paige rode him beautifully! We’ve been working hard on picking up the correct leads and he’s really starting to figure it out! Reli has become a lot softer and a lot more supple off leg and rein pressure. His transitions are getting better and better each ride and we are working more on staying soft in the transitions instead of bracing then relaxing. I’m really starting to enjoy him and how great he is to ride!

12/02/2025

Reli is back to work after having a 2 week break. Long story short, I ended up getting bucked off another horse 2 weeks ago and got my ankle stepped on hard. It was more of a freak accident and not the smartest decision on my part so she’s not all to blame😅 There was, and still is, a whole bunch of soft tissue damage, some swelling, and the not so good things that come with injuries so I was unable to ride, but I’m back at it now!

Reli came right back into work very easy and picked up right where we left off on ride 4. We did a lot of body control work tonight that consisted of a lot of lifting of the ribcage in direction changes and shoulder movements since he likes to move into pressure instead of away. We also worked on a lot of stopping and backing since he likes to try and plow through my cues (verbal, seat, reins). We had some good conversations with one another and he learned pretty quick that I’m not one he can just push around and ignore. We ended on a great note and had soft stops, backs, and shoulder yields. You don’t see green horses like him do well with a long break, so I’m just thrilled he can handle having a break! I don’t like doing it at all, but I’m thankful he’s one who can handle it.

What might Mushu be doing today? Hint, he’s going to be a rocket donkey😆 Videos to come this evening!
11/16/2025

What might Mushu be doing today? Hint, he’s going to be a rocket donkey😆 Videos to come this evening!

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