The rodeo at the Grand National in San Francisco is full of tradition and history and they’re talking about not only moving it, but tearing down all the buildings and putting in shops, etc. I don’t know many of the details, I’ve never been to the rodeo and for all I know it may be the right move for everyone, but it’s something that’s happening that I thought people interested in rodeo would like to know about it.

Now, the horse search. The horse I mentioned in last week’s blog I bought. When we first looked at him, there were two other possibilities as well. That day was basically a narrowing-down day and we didn’t look as hard at him as I would have liked to.

Jack and Sylvia McComber, who are family friends and bred and raised the horse had us down for the second weekend in a row to see the little 3-year-old. I was really concerned that he would be too green for my purposes. Those concerns faded quickly. In one week, Jack had him doing sliding stops, spins, rollbacks and working a cow pretty well. Then, to me, the most impressive thing was he got a lead steer in the corral and roped him and laid him down. I was pretty much sold then.

I rode him some and roped one on him. He still has a few little coltish behaviors, but I’m not worried about them. I think he’s going to be a solid horse. His registered name is Wild Turkey Hi. He’s going to stay with Jack and Sylvia for another month just to get him a little further along. Jack is probably one of the best hands there is with getting a horse going on cattle.

Further, I’d recommend the stud they own, Turkey’s father, Hi Wild N Woolie, to anyone. (For Turkey’s full bloodlines see my previous blog in the March folder). I looked at Turkey’s older brother and younger sister at their place and in my opinion were two of the best-looking horses there. Plus, these Woolie colts are getting a nice reputation as good-minded individuals. After Jack worked Turkey real hard, pushed him to the limit, he came right back down, didn’t act rattled and just stood there as we visited about him.

I’m hoping a picture of Turkey will come soon—I can’t believe I forgot to take my camera—and I’ll post it when it does.

In the meantime, if you’re needing a good all-around cow horse or have a mare that you’d like to breed to a well-bred cow horse and want to talk with Jack and Sylvia, post a comment and I’ll get you their information.