Tami brought him to her home. The person with whom she contracted to trailer him home didn't follow all of Tami's directions and Ranger made a break for it. Fortunately after a merry run which lasted for several hours, Ranger decided to take a rest at a local boarding stable where he was cordoned off and herded back into the trailer. He was properly unloaded the second time and settled in to his paddock.

This was Tami's first wild horse and she was concerned about the headway which she was making. When we visited, it seemed like she had things on the right track. Tami came over to the ranch and practiced on a horse which we had here, and then applied those skills on Ranger.

Before too long she was leading Ranger out to their round corral for daily exercise and lessons. Ranger was pretty cautious at first, but he was smart and started to catch on pretty well. By our next visit, Tami had Ranger longeing pretty well and responding to voice commands.

Roger Hubbard went over to do Ranger's feet. He allowed enough time to school Ranger in holding still for the farrier and within about an hour and a half, Roger could quietly work on all four feet. Tami did report, however, that at the end of the session, Ranger all but galloped back for his paddock. Getting handled all over and having his feet nipped and rasped was enough for a horse for one day!

The next time we dropped by, Tami had Ranger working in a saddle. She and her daughter had put weight on him but hadn't ridden him yet. He still needed a little basic ground work before it was time for serious saddle work, but they were well on their way.

By this time Ranger's favorite pasttimes included rough housing with the family goat and being turned out to graze on the property where he would race around and play with the family dogs. It looks to us like Ranger is a keeper and we will continue posting his progress.