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CURLY CORNER:
Hello all - On a short break from cleaning stalls this morning; but, I wanted to share a great event. Saturday a friend contacted me and said there was a two year old, Black, Curly, filly up for adoption for the Mustang Million in Ft. Worth, TX. The filly was born in long term holding at Paul's Valley, OK. So after teaching a riding lessons Sunday morn, I hopped in my truck and went up to Ft. Worth. Arriving late we only had a few seconds to see her before the Handlers shooed us out but I was per-approved to adopt up to four Mustangs so I already had my bidding number and was ready to make sure the little girl had a home to call her own. After thirty or so beautiful Mustangs came through, many not receiving a bid and being put into a "pool" for minimum purchase of $200; our girl came in. I placed an opening bid feeling sure no one was bidding as so few horses had bids before (except for the Buckskins). Across John Justin Arena was commotion and I heard numbers being shouted back, being caught up in the moment and having a Cowboy in a Black Stetson hat who looked like Hoss on Bonanza staring right at me, I nodded. Oh yeah, the place became silent and the bidding went back and forth. I learned I could go halves as those three digit numbers were moving back and forth so fast my head was spinning. I took a moment, as I felt everyone's eye in the room focused on me and thought, someone has placed a bid for $2700 for this little girl so they will surely give her a good home. I have several wonderful Curly Mustangs and domestic bred Curlies and my goal was to make sure she had a good future....so I stopped bidding. Applause, hoops and hollering was coming from across the arena. Folks, that little Black Curly filly is going to a wonderful Therapeutic Riding Center called Braveheart, located North of Chicago. I went over and introduced myself to her new family and shared information about our Curly Mustang Association with them. A beautiful lady with red hair, who was sitting with a group of five, reached out her hand and said; "she will be my new friend and her name will be Velvet". This young lady has injuries from her tour of duty overseas and suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as well as other physical injuries. Wow, then I felt bad for being so darn competitive in our bidding. We exchanged cards and I invited them to our CMA Facebook page and we promised to stay in touch and share Velvet's progress.
Angie Gaines Curly Mustang Association - Secretary