by .Arrow » Sat Jul 25, 2015 2:13 pm
Well, here goes nothing. Hi, I'm Wynter Evans, and this is my audio journal of the 2015 Mustang Makeover hosted by Cottonwood Ranch. I guess I should start by introducing myself. I am 17 years old, 5'11'' and have dark brown hair. I have blue eyes and an energetic personality. I'll need that to train my mustang, all right. Right now I am on the road to the ranch to pick up my mustang. I'm really hoping for an older mare, although that'll be pretty unlikely. A part of me wants to have an energetic colt or filly, just for the challenge of it, but I know that even the oldest horse will be a challenge. That's why I want a mare. My horse, Rizzo, is a gelding, and so a mare will give me a bit of a challenge. I've worked with mares before, but I feel the most comfortable with geldings. Oh, who knows. I'm hoping for an appaloosa or a bay. Rizzo is fleabitten gray, and I think I want more of a colorful horse. I like how the Cottonwood Mustang Makeover is different from the famous BLM one. I get to keep my mustang, and Rizzo will finally have a playmate. My mom's horses are all rescues, and few of them are gentled enough to have another horse with them 24/7. Once I tame this horse, Rizzo will have a buddy. I don't know about names yet. If it's a mare I'm thinking about naming her something nature inspired, Willow or Aspyn maybe. If it's a gelding I'm thinking either Rowan or Renegade. AMS Renegade. That's what his show name would be. It has a nice ring to it. It really depends on what the horse looks like to find the perfect name. Only five minutes now. I'm rambling. I am having second thoughts about entering this contest. A wild mustang, and I'm supposed to train it in seventy days. Ugh. No going back now. I am just pulling in, and I can see all of the mustangs. Phew. So many horses. Roans and grays and appys and bays. Mares and geldings, colts and fillies. Some are freaking out, sprinting around their pen. Some are calmly chewing grass. Most of them are watching the people warily, ears back and tails twitching. So many. I would be happy with any of them. I was just handed my registration slip, and it has my mustang's information on it. I haven't looked at it yet. Let's see...Number 857813, four years old, oh god, sooty palomino tobiano, gelding, 15 hands. Well, not exactly what I wanted, but I'm sure he'll be fine. Oh look at this extra. "This gelding is a clever, quiet guy, and you know what they say- "don't trust the quiet ones!" He is very good at getting out of pens, opening bolts, levers, and the like. His curiosity may best be sated with more interesting training methods." Wonderful. Just perfect. What if he escapes? Interesting training methods should not be a problem, but I was planning on keeping him outside until he trusted me more. Well, here goes nothing.
