Broke Filly

[Ramona]

We have a fiesty filly that had been handled little and somewhat broke to lead. We decided to get her broke and found the price of doing this had grown increasingly high. An Indian friend (have race horses) suggested her grandson and his wife, who live in another state could break her for us. So we explained she had never been loaded in a trailor and it would be tough for the inexperienced. So they came to pick her up. My husband and the wife in the front of the trailer had her snubbed and her husband was in the back flagging her with a quirt with a plastic sack tied to it. It took about 5-10 minutes to coax her in and off they went. To my total shock they E-mailed us at least 20 photos of her in different stages of breaking each week, along with a description of her progress. It was unbelievable, thay have a huge arena, where they have 2-poles far enough apart for a horse to fit through (kind of reminded me of totem poles) with colored tags coming down each of the poles. When she went through (no rider on) the tags touched her chest, back, sides and belly. Then with the saddle on she was lunged around the arena with what looked like a newspaper carrier's bag that appeared would flop from side to side on her back. There was not a look of stress on this filly and she was all muscular and slick and appeared to be very willing. They also had one of their broke geldings to pony her with. They had her for 6-weeks and when they delivered her home, they had a 6-minute video of everything she knew EG; loping, stopping, backing up, tying, bathing, loading in the trailer, figure 8-ing etc. They were honest people that cared that we cared about what was going on with our horse. Great experience!

[Laurierace]

Congrats! I have no idea what a quirt is. I send horses to the track in less than two months most of the time. Some of whom didn't lead when I got them. They were w/t/c when they left.

[kimberley mine]

Congrats! I have no idea what a quirt is. I send horses to the track in less than two months most of the time. Some of whom didn't lead when I got them. They were w/t/c when they left.

A quirt is a small riding crop. Not as small as a jump bat but not long like a dressage/polo whip.

[Linda_d]

Congrats! I have no idea what a quirt is. I send horses to the track in less than two months most of the time. Some of whom didn't lead when I got them. They were w/t/c when they left.

quirt = riding crop

[Crystal]

fantastic! Let us know if she does well in training at the track.