Pedro first ride

So...I have been experimenting with hobbles. I got a set from Clinton Anderson...an Aussie guy that now works out of Stephanville Texas. He has a side hobble that is really cool. Anyway, I worked with Pedro today, he seemed fairly calm, got my saddle on him and roped the horn and he didn't buck today, so .... I thought perhaps maybe I could risk getting on him. I taught him to come to the fence and come close so I could get on. He did this perfectly so, today was the day. I got on him and he stood there. "Perfect". So I got off and did it again a couple of times. That was when Ross decided it was a good time to erect the 25 foot pipe with the light to illuminate the round pen. I got on again and tried to flex his head to the right and left. He wasn't too receptive to this although he did it great from the ground. Anyway....I rode him around the pen a while, and decided that if that light came crashing down in the pen that would be sub-optimal, so quit on a good note and put him in the arena with Willie. then went to help with the light. I put two lariat ropes on the light and with a lot of effort from everyone we managed to get the light pole into to receiver pole and erected it. Pic to follow.