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           Kigers de los Californios Eli Ruonavaara - Sue Watkins Buy, Sell, Train and Show Quality Kigers The Watering Hole Vol. 3 Welcome to The Watering
Hole. Where wild horses go to get refreshed, socialize and find out what’s going on with their amigos. We hope this newsletter does the same for all of you. KCA Family: Howdy everybody. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. And we all certainly have a lot to be thankful for don’t we! Eli and I want to start the family section by
sending our most sincere condolences to Rowland Chaney for the loss of his beloved wife Cheryl. She was a magnificent women and his true sole mate. Thankfully she is now pain free and able to not only watch over their magnificent Kigers running in the pasture but all the wild
Kigers running free in the mountains of Oregon. Rowland our kindest thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family. Teresa and Billy Brio are home from Buck Brannaman's in KCA News: The Winters clinic I went to was very interesting and a lot of fun. Especially because there were two ½ Kigers and 1 full Kiger at the Clinic. None of them ours!
I took Walley my 6 yr old Blue Roan Appapaso BLM mustang gelding and as always he was voted the ‘Wal-Mart Greeter’ or the horse with the best manners towards people and other horses. One of the Kiger participants was Natalie Henderson, a gal from Petaluma, Richard
hooked me up with her to “truck-pool” to his clinic, how surprised I was when she got to my house and unloaded “Wiley” a 5 yr old ½ Kiger, ½ Paint. Boy is he cute!! Natalie is researching getting a breeding cert from the Kiger stud father so she can join the KMA in the ½
Kiger division and be a part of our family. SO for now we welcome her as a ‘second cousin’. Eli and I also went to a one day Trail Trials clinic, put on by the CSHA. I really think this is something all of us could have a ball at
and the Kigers will really excel. Let’s all join the CSHA and start attending their trail trials….. winning ribbons, buckles and Kiger accolades! KCA Horses: ‘DOT’: KCA Colorada con Brio: is a 3 yr old line back bay mare. She is very personable, with magnificent style and action. She has that Kiger super smooth, ground eating walk all trail riders dream about. She is truly a horse ‘con Brio’. Her bloodlines include double bred Kiger Diamond Rio O106-W and Wallowa Kiger 001-W, the very first horse registered in the KMA. She will make a wonderful trail/ranch/endurance horse and an excellent brood mare. ‘RED’: KCA El Grande Rojo: is a 3 yr old deep red, Bay Dun gelding. He is very long and tall. He is a great English or
speed event prospect. Red is currently in training and his asking price is $3,500.00 until he is under saddle at which time it will increase significantly. ‘CHICA’ This little girl is my pride and joy. She is a yearling dun filly with beautiful dun factor marking. Words can’t describe her looks or what her loving personality is like. She is for sale to an
approved show home only. All of these horses come with registration in the KMA. We also have all the real cool wild Kigers we adopted last week. Of course they will not be available to purchase for a year. But feel free to get your deposit in and come watch their progress. All 4
are stud colts, all to be gelded. They include: a light dun weanling with a small white circle/star. 2 yearlings: 1 dark dun and 1 grullo. And a 2 year old Grullo colt. He is already over 15 hands!! And will be a total pet. I can already get within about 4 feet of him. I have
great English/jumping plans for him! At the adoption his nick name was Giraffe as he towered over all the other horses. KCA Training: I currently have room for two more full time horses in training. Full Training is $700 a month. KCA horses get a discount of $600.00 per month. This includes one riding lesson per week on your horse, if
your horse is broke. I have lots of trail obstacles, so let’s get those ponies ready for next years Trail Trials. I will also show your horse, coach or prep you and/or your horse at a show or participate in any kind of Kiger promotion. Anyone interested in seeing wild Kigers
gentled this is the place! KCA Events: BLM KIGER ADOPTION: WOW,
What an experience! I am so glad I got to go!! The weather was almost perfect, accommodation OK and the education and new friends off the charts!! I could write a book about the week but here are some highlights: The BLM put a 41 - Weanlings 35%
1 - grey >1% 27 - Yearlings 23%
4 – brown 3% 17 - 2 yr olds 15%
5 – black 4% 10 – 3 yr olds 9%
8 – bay 7% 3 – 4 yr olds 3%
16 – grulla 14% 5 – 5yr olds 4%
82 – dun 71% 5 – 6 yr olds 4% 5 – 7 yr olds 4% 1 – 17 yr old >1% Two horses were in the sick pen including the only Red Dun. A magnificent filly, by far my first choice of all the horses, but BLM pulled her from the sale and said after she heals (slight leg injury)
she will be turned back out on the HMA. So the total sale was 114 horses. Approximately 14 horses were not sold due to no bids these included the older stallions and the bays and browns. They will be resold at other regular BLM satellite adoptions. Approximately 20 horses
sold for the minimum bid of $125.00. The top selling horse was a 2 yr old Dun stud colt #8173. He was my first stud pick and I went to $2600.00, LOL!! He sold for $7800.00. My second stud choice was a stunning 2 yr old smoke black
grullo. I am sad to say I missed him by $50.00, he sold for $2050.00. The top mare was a 2 yr old Grulla #8185 she sold for $7400.00, #8187 went for $3900, #8263 for $3600, #8138 for $3400. The other mares averaged about $3000.00.
Over all the Grulla’s sold for about twice what the Duns sold for, so I was lucky to get 2 of them. * Kudos to Sue for doing a fantastic job of researching the horses and taking the time to go to the auction. It was a lot of work, and the results will be
more working Kigers for the public to enjoy. Eli KMA 20th Anniversary: 2008 will be the 20th Anniversary of the KMA. Let’s
start planning ways to get the word out. This is a great PR opportunity for the KMA and Kiger Horse. We need to take advantage of this important milestone. If any of you know of events Kigers should display/promote at lets get a list together and present it to the KMA. The
KMA promotion budget is very slim so we make have to all pitch in and do some of these events ourselves. Let’s get creative! SHA Fuzzy Furry Shows: Western 3/9/08, English 3/30/08
I know how hard it is to keep focused on riding and training during the winter so lets all use these dates as goals for our horses. The shows are a blast and only $4.00 per class. When you are not sure what to do with your green horse especially in the arena when the
trails are to wet, look at the class list and start practicing. Halter classes are fun and great experience for young horses and it helps them learn to stop square and stand quietly. There are plenty of walk-trot classes for green horses and/or older riders, so we all fit
in!! Stay focused on keeping your horse in the center of the alley created by your reins and legs. You should always travel forward with impulsion on a soft feel. And never, NEVER pull on both snaffle reins at the same time. KCA For MECATES: Teresa Trull is still making us ‘kustom kiger’ Snaffle bit Macates. They are 22’ parachute cord in black and gold for Grullas or chocolate and tan for the Duns. These are the best quality on
the market today. They handle like no others and will last a lifetime. The Macates are usually $120.00 and the slobber straps are $15.00. But through us they are $100.00 and $10.00 respectfully. She also makes custom rope halters and lead ropes. ENGLISH SHOW CLOTHES: I have some miscellaneous English show clothes and a few pairs of black English boots. Sizes from about 6 – 10, contact Sue if interested. SADDLE: Eli has a 16” Black Australian Fox Poley saddle with matching breast collar for sale. It is in great condition, comes with all the fittings and black sheepskin pad. $450.00. KIGER KOLLECTABLES: We have a number of custom Kiger items being developed including ball caps, iron on patches, t-shirts and jewelry. Contact Sue for
information. TACK REPAIR: My close compadres Frank and Ed at Clark Saddlery in Sutter do excellent tack and blanket repair. Also custom new saddles and tack. Call Frank at: 530-632-1430 cell 530-674-5935 shop WANTED: I am looking for a very inexpensive 14’ – 18’ older stock trailer for moving cows and local ranch work. If you have any leads please contact Sue at 530-318-1974. WANTED: I am looking for a middle of the road English close contact, dual purpose or jumping saddle, about 16.0 – 16.5. If anyone knows of one for sale please call or email Sue at 530-318-1974 Have a great month, Hope to see you in the ring or on the trail. Sue Watkins 530-318-1974 Eli Ruonavaara 530-391-7402 Kigers de los Californios Buy, sell, train and show quality Kigers We can not become what we need to be by remaining what we are. |
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