AR Cirro "Vinnie" getting turned out at the Cayuse Ranch

It was a windy day, which made filming difficult. We found the bachelors all in one bunch right by the back gate and let Vinnie out of the trailer. He joined them and was soon gone over the hills. We had hoped that he would end up with the weanlings and 2 year olds. They often split by age.

Even though Emmett drove all over the large pasture, we never came across him again. We did find a few bunches of bachelors that had split off the original group. The next day, I saw a bunch running among the mare bands. He was probably with them. I was riding Paisano and didn't have a chance to stop and really look to see if he was there. I am sure that he is doing well and I'll be getting updates from Josie.

A friend of mine likened this to the end of the movie, Hidalgo, when he was turned loose. It is quite fitting, as Vinnie is the sort of horse that Hidalgo would really have been....

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[alyssaloveanselmi494]

in a year?! wow! but how do you know he'll be ok and not hurt?

[SimratK]

He's doing fine. I've gotten updated from my family there, including photos. I think that it will make him strong and healthy to run out in a bunch the way horses are meant to be. True, he may get a few scratches here and there. Both my other horses were born and raised on that ranch, until I got them as long yearlings. They are both great horses, smart and sure footed.

[alyssaloveanselmi494]

you just let him free? forever?!

[SimratK]

No, he is in a large pasture at my uncle's ranch. These are all domestic Spanish Mustangs of a long breeding program, 70+ years. I'll go back and get him in a year or so and work on his training more.

[SimratK]

Vinnie had never been in anything larger than 5 or 6 acres before. He certainly enjoyed it!

The ranch was homesteaded in 1916 and they added on sections as other homesteaders moved on. It's over 3,000 acres. Many ranches are much larger than that. The large pasture he is in with the stallion/mare bands and the bachelors is 2,000 acres.

[ladybloodrose]

look at those markings! hes beautiful!

[SimratK]

Thanks! He got those from his sire...

[SoftPinkTruth]

te koniki są super

[mogeyyypoke]

what a beautiful ranch. i wish i lived on a ranch with my filly & mare ):

[CountryGoalie]

How many acres do they have, out at the Cayuse? It is amazing to see them running like that, coming from central NY where we just don't have that kind of open space. Farmland, sure, but not open range..