Wild Mustang TamingSome good folks that I know are participating in the Extreme Mustang Makeover, Rich Garner and Victoria Cappetta of rural Virginia Beach, known as Creeds. The photos that I am sharing today are of Rich and a young Mustang mare called Rulla. Her build is slight, about 14.3 hands tall, and she is a grulla color.
Rich travelled to Ohio from Virginia Beach not knowing which horse he will be assigned to. He and other trainers participating in this challenge understand that it is the luck of the draw. Rich knows that training Mustangs offers unique challenges due to the strong wild instinct that these horses exhibit. It is obviously a challenge he enjoys since he has rogered up for it many times.
After an hour or so spent in the round pen getting to know the ways of this mare, Rich decides to go with his lariat to capture, then entice, Rulla to accept Rich into her space. He uses a gentle technique where he tugs securely on the rope until Rulla decides to give in to the pressure by stepping forward. Any amount of movement in the right direction, the direction towards Rich, is quickly rewarded by relaxing the pressure created by the rope. With practices of this nature, timing is every thing.
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