Will

Back in July we brought home a horse when we went to the Torrington horse show that Mark got from a trainer in Nebraska. The mare was two and had never been started. She is the one that we had a struggle with naming her (Mark wanted to call her Tommy, but she ended up being Mo).

The first week that Mark spent with Mo she seemed o.k. But he never gained anything with her after that. After about a month, he still hadn't ridden her, because she never progressed. (Usually in 7-10 days he is riding them). It finally seemed like maybe she was getting it and then one day he was working with her and she acted like she didn't know anything. We both decided it was a waste of time and he quit her. Some pal of Marks that messes with horses around here has her. I guess we still own her, but thankfully she doesn't live here anymore. She was a knot head.

Mark has a buddy that lives west of Gillette that is into cutting horses. They breed their own horses and always have a bunch of young horses around. So he called him and asked if he had anything he would sell. The guy told him to come by and he would see what he had. The guy ran a two year old mare and a 3 year old gelding in from the pasture. Both of them green broke. He rode them for Mark and told him he could have his pick. Mark chose the gelding and brought him home. His buddy told him to try him out and if he didn't like him, bring him back. Well, he liked him and bought him. Thankfully, he has a name and it was workable (one syllable) so we didn't have to go thru the name game again. This is Will............................

In this picture Mark is petting Will on the right side. When he came here you couldn't do that. The guy that owned this horse is a real cowboy and could ride anything. Gently a horse isn't something he does. He does enough to get a saddle on them and get on their back. When Will first came here three weeks ago, he would stand across the pen from you with a wild eye and look at you. He didn't want anyone close to him. He was kind of hard to catch. Once Mark was on his back, he was fine, but he had some serious "don't touch me" issues. Mark has spend some time on ground work to get past that. Now Will will follow you around the corral like a dog. Mark likes to ride him and thinks he has potential. He is a half brother to our little Tara. They are from the same stud.