Meet Lil' Miss Remington, aka Remy

On July 22,  we picked up Kirstin's new yearling for this year's Extreme Mustang Makeover.  Kirstin is pleased to introduce to everyone Lil' Miss Remington; aka Remy!  The trip from Oklahoma went pretty well except for the one time that an idiot cut right in front of us causing us to slam on our brakes.  We heard Remy hit the trailer and when we got to our next stop we saw the cut above her eye.  It isn't bad but just the same if people would just realize that they can not cut in front of a trailer it would be soooo much nicer.   Love Remy's eyes!  They are so calm looking which just happens to be Remy's personality!  She is very calm and extremely trusting.  The pictures below are from the very first evening after we unloaded her.  Kirstin gave her about an hour to get used to the new surroundings and then......

 After a near tragedy our first year with having the rope attached at the facility we no longer do that so Remy is free to roam around without tripping or stepping on a rope.  Remy is in relatively good condition.  She is pretty tall for her age.  Based on previous medical history we estimate her to be about 15 months old.  She needs a little more weight on her but all in all she looks really good.  She has the curliest mane that we have ever seen. 

 After moving Remy around the pen for a few minutes Kirstin was able to approach her.  All it took was a few scratches on her withers before Remy was convinced that Kirstin was the best thing to enter her life.  The very first evening and she is already able to lean on her without any concern what so ever from Remy. 

 All of this in less than an hours worth of work!  Pretty amazing for both horse and trainer!  Kirstin is sooo excited about this horse!  She has a different personality and demeanor about her than her other horses.  She is learning at record speeds!  To date, Kirstin has already taught her to lead, stop, back up, pick up hooves, trot at a lead and has crawled under her belly(all of these pics are to come)! All in under 1 week!

Kirstin & Kryptonite 6/18/2011

Kirstin has finished the drill team training with Kryptonite. He is now her main drill horse. Especially since another drill team member is borrowing her other drill horse; Trigger. Krytonite really did great in his drill training. Even though he hasn't been doing this even for one year, he is better behaved than just about every other horse on the drill team. Kirstin was honored this weekend to have been selected to post the colors for the drill team at her home town rodeo. What an experience. Above is a picture of Kirstin & Kryptonite during the posting of the colors. Don't they look great!!!!

The end of the National Anthem the posting horse comes up the middle and stops then leads the drill team out of the arena. The crowd doesn't look very big, but you can't see the stand on the opposite side. The sun is full at this point so every one sets on the other side. It was very crowded in that stand. All of the kids and their horses did a fantastic job.

This is the kids during their regular drill. Kirstin and Kryptonite are lead horse/rider for this drill as well. Look how close they have to be to one another. Not every horse can stand being this close to another horse.

This is the pass through on the regular drill team 1 and team 2 cross in the middle of the arena. One second off time and a collision can occur. The kids range from 10 to 17 years old but are very dedicated to the drill team and their horses and it shows. They did such an amazing job, they were asked to come back next year!

The parade was earlier in the morning. The CCSP youth drill team were in the parade. Kirstin is the Princess of the CCSP. Look at the smile on her face. Kryptonite was great during the parade as well. We have been really blessed with the horses that we have adopted through the Extreme Mustang Makeover. They are all such a wonderful addition to our family. We now own 5 Mustangs and we have the 1 "domestic" horse that we started with.

Extreme Mustang Makeover 2011

Kirstin just found out that she has been selected as one of the youth trainers for the 2011 Extreme Mustang Makeover to be held in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in October! She is super excited. Stay tuned for updates!

2011 Comal County Sheriffs Posse Court

Duchess Shelby Nichel, Queen Daniela McCarthy and Princess Kirstin Koehler

Kirstin and Kryptonite getting ready for the main drill performance. They were lead team for this performance. Krytonite is starting to really like drill team performances.

CCSP Playday 4/23/2011

Trigger loves to run barrels and he always give 150% when he sees those barrels come out.

Kirstin is still working with Kryptonite on speed events such as barrels and poles. He is not super fast just yet, but she is also holding him back a little while he is learning. He has fantastic lead changes though.

Kirstin shares her love of horses! 4/23/2011

CCSP playday shortly after the drill performance. Kirstin and her boyfriend; Levi, are cooling down the horses. Both of her horses were in the drill. Kirstin has been working on Kryptonite and this is the first year that he will be her main drill horse. Her old drill horse; Trigger, was borrowed by another drill team member whose horse isn't ready to perform in a drill. Kirstin was so proud of her boys; both Kryptonite & Trigger, they were awesome. Trigger was one of the lead horses for the grand entry and Kryptonite & Kirsting were the lead horse/rider for the regular drill.

Look at those smiles. They love spending time together!!!

Kirstin's life is not all about horses!!! Prom 4/16/2011

For those of you who have followed Kirstin through the years, this will be hard to believe. She is a junior. She started her Mustang training when she was just 14 years old and many of you have watched her grow up through this blog. She can ditch the blue jeans and boots and slip on a dress on a very rare occasion-Prom being one of those. Her and her boyfriend(Yes, boyfriend-very nice guy-you all would approve!) went to prom and had a blast.

But isn't she gorgeous all dolled up!!!!