07.26.10

Tucker the Mustang & Cindy Branham Week 11, “Circles for Trails”

Posted in Tuckers Trails of Training at 12:24 pm by Administrator

This past week has been full of emotion!  The pressure of this competition is starting to push on my shoulders more than it should.  It has been a wonderful experience training Tucker, even with the ups and downs.  However, the stress of trying to keep up with his training, my business, and family is weighing me down.  Life is good though and God is giving me the strength to fit it all in and get each day done, one day at a time.  Good friends and family are surrounding me and it still amazes me how many people support me with this quest to train another mustang in 100 days!  It seems like such a unworthy cause for so many people to go out of there way to encourage me emotionally, physically, and financially.  Don’t get me wrong, the mustangs need us, I just sometimes feel like this takes so much of my time, my loved ones get less of me.  I am a little nervous I only have two weeks or so left until the makeover and yet glad it is almost here so to get the pressure of working Tuck twice a day and loosing sleep over what my freestyle should be.  I guess I am rambling a little.  So tired!!!

This past weekend I hosted a ACTHA competitive trail ride!  It was a great success.  Alot of hard work, but worth the effort.  Got to meet some new friends and have a great weekend riding the trails in Kansas.  Tucker needed to get out of the arena!!!  It is so awesome to see the changes in him after putting about 25 trail miles on him.  Our horses that we work so hard to train how to do all these amazing performance maneuvers get tired of going in circles!  In fact I was tired of going in circles and it was great to get out into God’s world and teach Tucker on the trails.  He learned so much and in just three days of trail riding came home a more relaxed horse with less resistance and arguments.  My ride on him this morning was great!  He is ready to start practicing obstacles and my freestyle pattern,  which at this moment I have no music for or the pattern put together.  I just haven’t settled on anything this time.  Do you guys like the music I have been using  for my video blogs?  It is Toby Mac.  I am thinking about using his music for the freestyle?  What do you think? 

I am excited to meet many of you!  Come be part of Tuckers fan club and come to the competition!  Go to http://extrememustangmakeover.com/supremeextreme.php to get your tickets for the finals!  It is going to be exciting!  $100,000.00 to be won!!

Go to www.cindybranham.com to learn more about Cindy’s proven training program!  Does your horse need an Extreme Makeover?  Clinics and More!!

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