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In September Matt flew to Oregon to show in the OFQHC Futurity with Nina owned by Rose and Thomas Goodlett who had him also show "Rosita" in the in hand classes. Sue and Roger Clark of Redmond, Ore. asked if Matt would show their stallion "Mateo" in a couple of classes. The show was a lot of fun and the weekend was over before it began. Trail classes ran from 9 am to 9 pm. When the dust settled, Matt had won the 3 y/o Futurity with Nina and placed in Open and Novice Trail Horse, as well as, Ranch Trail. He took two 4ths in 2 y/o in hand and 2 y/o in hand Futurity respectively with Rosita With Mateo he was able to earn trail points in Novice Trail Horse with a 2nd and two 3rds and placed in Ranch Trail with Mateo as well.

Matt on Mateo - Novice Trail Horse

Mateo and Matt again - Novice Trail

Trot over - novice trail horse

Mateo on the gate 2nd/3rd in class

Nina on the gate 5th in class

Nina in Novice Trail

Nina in Ranch Trail

Dally drag - Ranch Trail

Nina -Novice Trail Horse

Rosita in 2 y/o In Hand Futurity

Back through - fun set up

The "T" side pass was cool

Sue shows her colt in 2 y/o class

Rosita with owner Thomas Goodlett

Three horses,

Nine classes,

Twelve hours

This summer we held a small clinic at our good friend Robert Chavez place. We invited a hand full of people and before we could finish spreading the word the spots were filled. This clinic was a little different because Matt had everyone riding all day long and we had some nice cattle to work. Participants worked on reining skills, as well as, cow work. The cow work portion included one-on-one cow and herd work.

Becca and Chica	Becca turns one on the fence	Buckaroo girls	Chris gets good flexion with Kat	Group discussion
Steve flexing in the hackamore	Matt and Janine	Janine looking good on a cow	Robert teaching Bunny to turn a cow	Katie on "Jazzy"
Pam Z on her older gelding	Nice flexion Robert!	Pam tracks a cow on Spud	Rene and Star	Pam turning Spud on a cow
Waiting for a turn on a cow	Steve tracks a cow	Rene at the rodear	Nina's first time	Robert stepping it up on Bunny

Here are a few miscellaneous fun pictures that don't fit anywhere in particular

You bet there is a story here....

...Jewel and about 30+ minutes of this!

Batman on the "flag"

"The flag"

Star on the "flag"

Rene and star on the flag

Having good times on small horses

Shadow cowboy

Matt's friend Robert Chavez

Trotting Nina at a clinic

In 2004 Matt bred his Doc's Hotrodder mare to a Hollywood Jac grandson and got Starlight (The name was Emily's idea). Since she is not Grays Starlight breeding we needed a better registered name, thus we named her Jac E Hotrodder. We sold "Gracie" (The mare) but are glad that we kept the baby. Matt looks forward to riding her in the spring of her 2 y/o year.