From the Stormy Ranch blog: "We have been gentling mustangs since 1996. We love to work with wild horses. My wife and I have adopted 36 wild horses. We like to train them to ride and find good homes for them. We have a 15 year old Kiger stallion (Dino) that we adopted in 1999. He was 4 years old at that time. He is our show horse and we have traveled many miles to many states to show him. We love to take him places as he attracts a lot of attention and we can show the public what a Wild Mustang can become! We love to take our mustangs out to ride the wild horse herds in Oregon and take pictures."
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| ________ "Riddle Me Dino" 16 year old Kiger Mustang 8 by 10 watercolor by LindaLMartinArtist |
He is now 16 yrs. Old. He is still a stallion and owned by Kevin and Lisa Sink of Sheridan, OR. According to Lisa in a recent email, Dino is known for his super calm demeanor. "He was not hard to gentle and very easy to train. He is a joy to ride and he can even ridden by small children. "
She told me that Dino started his show career in 2002. "Since then he has traveled many thousands of miles to many states to compete! He has won numerous championships and creates a fan club everywhere he goes."
Lisa also told me that this beautiful Kiger also is a bit of a camera hog. On the day the reference photo was taken he proved it. "In the picture were Dino is looking back on the camera was a day I was trying to take pictures of other horses and He was keeping an eye on me because if I pointed the camera at another horse he would step in front of the camera. He was telling me he is the only one that matters!!! ", Lisa Shared.
Dino as they call him is well loved and a wonderful example of a great family adopting a special and talented horse.
A special thank you to all the folks at Stormy Ranch for their participation in the Mustang A Day Challenge.
A note of interest. A print of Riddle Me Dino will be made available to the Sink Family as a donation to help raise money for their grand child with Cystic Fibrosis. If you would like to make a donation to the family for on-going treatment please contact them through facebook or email through their blog.
To read more of their experience with Lisa and Kevin Sink's Stormy Ranch, their is blog: http://mustanggentling.blogspot.com/
Very nice Linda! I love the background and the shadow too!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Mulberry!! ;0)
ReplyDeleteComposition is superb in this one. Another favorite to add to my growing list of your creations!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Sheri. I hope I have a free moment to drop by and see your latest creations this weekend. I finally finished my course. Yippie!!
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