The new year has hit us and we are ready to begin our six month transition to being a non-profit. There will be changes in our program and I hope that each of them leads to a stronger and better program, both for my riders and for the preservation of the Corollas.
A few years ago one of my little riders was asked, "What do you do on those little ponies anyway?"
Without hesitation or a hint of irony or sarcasm she answered, ""Uh, 46 miles last Saturday, but I am going to do more next time."
Beginning today, all riders will keep records on the number of hours they have ridden and special events in which they have participated. The resulting statistics are going to shock a lot of people,including many of my riders. We will be generating cold, hard numbers to assess our progress.
We also will be looking at some beautiful documentation of our successes. Tom Crockett is a spectacular photographer. He is particularly adept at getting the soul of our program to appear in pictures. His work will continue to fill the pages of this blog and our Mill Swamp Indian Horse group page on Face Book. (Check that page out if you have not done so.)
We will use these records and pictures to continue to build a case for the preservation of the nearly extinct Corolla Spanish mustangs.
We will be like detective Joe Friday on the old "Dragnet" show. We will be giving "just the facts" but we will also be giving them in living color.
(Tom did not take this picture but it is still a great one. These are three BLM mares waiting for the storm to come in.)
It is going to be a good year...in the Chinese zodiac, it is the year of the horse, how can it be otherwise? The miles stretch out in front of us...anyone who has watched the horses frisk and play despite the muck over the last few days can see they know it too.
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