Sierra Star Foundation Fundraiser success! Courtesy of Robin Stater

All I can say is what an amazing night! Robin hosted an incredible party to help us get Abba Zaba to Texas for the competition. There must have been about 80 friends and family who showed up.


She is a fellow Breast Cancer survivor and has her horses in training with me at Millpond Equestrian Center. Robin and I have a special connection on many levels. Robin started the Sierra Star Foundation to "...support animals and the people who supoort them." Robin wanted to give extra support to me and the Mustang Hertiage Foundation with our efforts to help wild mustangs.

Robin really brought the community together with this event. It shows how much people really care about the well-being of animals. Great live music by Fiddlin' Pete, excellent dinner and desert by Classy Cowgirl Catrering, a succesful silent auction and lots of great conversation was enjoyed by everyone at Robins beautiful home in downtown Bishop, The Serventi Villa.

I juist want to say thanks to everyone for supporting me, Abba Zaba and escpecially the Sierra Star Foundation. Robin has truly started something special. My husband Dave and I feel blessed to have the support and well wishes of not only the foundation but all the people who came out and particpated.

Thanks Robin! and thanks to everyone who came out. Here are just a few pictures of Robins place.

If you want to talk with Robin or learn more about The Sierra Star Foundation you can email her at 1sierrastar@gmail.com

Abba Zaba ---a sweet ride!

Working with Cows in Round Valley

Abba Zaba see

med to be quite confident around the little doggies

Sierra Star Foundation Fundraiser

Robin Stater is hosting this fundraiser to help get us to Texas.
It's Tuesday night, August 23rd at 6pm in Bishop. Get details from the flyer.
Hope to see you there!

So You Think You Want a Mustang! REVISITED!

What happens when a horse falls on you.

I have to say that training wild mustangs is not at all straight forward. I have been bitten in the leg by Abba Zaba. I was rinsing him down with water and he decided he had enough and reached down and bit me in the thigh. Not just a little love bite but a big stallion bite. Ouch!!! Then I was riding him in the arena and I was making my circles a little bit smaller and he got tangled up in his feet and went down with me on his back while we were cantering. That was one of my more serious injuries. It felt like my leg was busted in half. He is not a small mustang, I'm thinking maybe 1200 pounds, so I had to take about 5 days off from training and try to let it heel. It's still is not completely better and it's been about three weeks. So the picture that you are looking at is the back of my leg. I wear a tight stocking to help with the swelling. When I got back to riding it made me realize that if you don't have a strong calf then you are going to have a hard time keeping your horse between your legs and reins. So while I was hobbling along an one leg my horse reared up at another horse. I pulled him off the other horse and he came down right on my foot, ouch again. Another trainer at the barn got a little bit too close and was kicked in the thigh, but we are doing fine now and I'll put some riding videos up soon. So if you think you want a mustang you might want to check that your health insurance is up to date. Don't get me wrong, there isn't anything more fun to me than training a mustang, but you have to be crazy, stupid or have a wild streak in you. I have a little bit of all three.