March 27, 2010
Lena (Charmaine's Friesian) models one of Linda's new creations - a custom bridle. |
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March 25, 2010
Some spring pictures:
Vida sent this in:
Thought this story was an interesting one. Rodeo
bull got loose in TX & a guy from CA ended up jumping on a horse
& roping him. Here is the story & a link to a few video
clips (I think the 3rd video is in the best one):
http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=76909&catid=2
SACRAMENTO, CA -- When a bull broke free during a rodeo in Houston
Sunday, there was nothing police or most bystanders could do to stop
it.
But a California cowboy stepped up. "We were just standing there
socializing and out came the bull," said Brink Boehnlein, who works for
the Flying U Rodeo Company in Marysville.
The bull charged a gate at the Houston rodeo, causing a pin to fail.
Two employees, a wrangler and a security guard tried to stop the bull
and were knocked down.
Boehnlein gave it a shot, too. "We tried to shut those metal doors and
I couldn't get to the door fast enough," he said.
Then Boehnlein just reacted, taking a rope and borrowing a friend's
horse. "I jumped on the horse. I didn't even tighten the cinches or
nothing and Blaine (his friend) had to run next to me and tighten the
cinches up," he said.
Police officers attempted to use a Taser on the bull named "Hardball,"
but that didn't work either. "It was out of control. The cops, they
were trying to Taser him and all that did was just make him even madder
when they Tasered him," Boehnlein said.
Boehnlein raced after him in a risky chase on asphalt and concrete as
he worried how far the bull might get. "If he would've made a right out
of there and headed towards all those people, there could've been
chaos. He could've gotten into the fair and all those kids and people
and everything," he said.
Within about two minutes, Boehnlein corralled Hardball in a corner and
roped him to a stop. "When I roped him he just kind of came with me.
Like I was walking a dog, pretty much. A big dog," he said.
Boehnlein left the area and headed back to California even before rodeo
officials could thank him. On Tuesday, he was back at the Flying U
Ranch taking care of the horses. "I've gotta go home and wash laundry
because I've been gone for three weeks and I gotta leave again tomorrow
at 3 a.m. for another rodeo," he said.
His boss, Flying U Rodeo company owner Cotton Rosser, said Boehnlein is
pretty good with a rope. "It took a kid from California to show those
Texans how to catch a wild bull," he said. |
Saturday March 13,
2010
The semi-annual vet clinic was a success and the weather was finally
sunny. Dr. Holme was at the
ranch from 8:00AM until nearly 4:00PM giving shots and floating
teeth. Dave, (that's me) was back from Hawaii and has now added a
few pictures to the February and March scrapbooks. Here are a few
pictures of the vet clinic.
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