Mustang Horse First Ride

Copper's first ride in the round pen. A nice, refined two year old purebred American Mustang from the Wild Horse Sanctuary in Shingletown. Very calm and sweet and extremely intelligent.

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Pets & Animals

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• Mustang
• horse
• training
• colt
• starting
• ride

[AmigosBlueForest]

These mustangs come from the Wild Horse Sanctuary in Shingletown, CA. They sell off some weanlings yearly to pay for hay for the winter to offset their feed at the Sanctuary for the wild mustangs. A very good program....a win, win, win! Google them and learn more!

[AmigosBlueForest]

Good question! Some breeds they start as two year olds. It is not a good idea to ride young horses for very long or far because their knees have not closed yet. I got this mustang as a weanling and had done all the ground work for over a year. He was mentally ready. All we did was just get him started in the round pen for about a 20 minute ride, at the walk only. The vet said it was OK, as long as we did not trot too long or did not lope. Then we let him set over the winter to mature physically

[AmigosBlueForest]

Congrats! Good for you. Take it slow and easy and gain their trust and never violate it. Mustangs, especially, have a strong sense of "fairness", and they never forget anything. Be a kind and gentle, but a strong herd leader to them, and you will do fine!

[AmigosBlueForest]

Thank you for your kind words. Yes, we feel like we are their "Moms", and they know it. They trust and respect us; and we help them to be the best they can be.

[AmigosBlueForest]

Yes, he is a sweetheart. He is in his new home and going out on the trails.

[AmigosBlueForest]

Thanks for your comments. My vet says that what we do is just fine. We go on short walk only trail rides when they are 2.5 to 3 years old. He said it actually helps build stronger bones, as long as we don't trot a lot and especially lope.

[tuperdoo]

Good job for a first ride! How's he doing now? Mustangs are the BEST!

[michelletilley]

he is cute all i really work with are mustangs there amazinggg

[kwahrccc]

@juulthu lol. don't tell my mustang that ... he likes his never ending food, not to mention his barn fan!! some "wild" horse he is!!!

[slipknotgirl06]

Lol she could almost pass as a Doc Bar. She sure dowse have a Doc Bar hind end. :P

[IMMASTAR50150]

Well at least he's open minded and isn't completley confused my mustangs first ride wasn't a good one I've decided some more ground work and we'll be trying again soon.

[rlog41]

@Asharante here in midwest america a lot of colts get started at age 2 and in fact i prefer it that way....my first horse was broke & gettin put to work by age 3 or 3 & a half....just kinda depends on how much the horse has grown & matured

[horsegirleve2]

2 years old...

[MrsChickyMicky]

I love it when horses smell your foot when your riding :) so cute.

[universalradio]

Good job - he's nice and calm.

[rufus1236]

heyy i live i n redding

[juulthu]

good job for the first ride, betifull horse. But i think mustangs belong in the wild,if you think not never mind :). Like the video!