Well here is the horse that I named Cool Hand Luke after the old Paul Newman movie. He earned his name. He is very cool and calm about things. The video is of the day we picked him up and exactly one week later. I didn't work with Luke at all the first three days because I had an out of town graduation to attend. It worked out well though as it let him get used to his surroundings.

By ride number five I had Luke in the mountains and we were jumping logs and backing up the stream. He is an incredible horse. I don't want to give away too much of what we are doing because it all relates to what I am going to do if I make the finals.

He has been doing so well under saddle that I have given him a few days off from riding to let him rest a little bit. With his days off I am doing some of the groundwork that will help him with the course in Fort Worth.

I took him up to the mountains just 2 days after this ride in the roundpen. I really truly believe that a horse won't really come around until you get him out and do something fun like that. It gives them a purpose for all of the training they are going through.

There is also an article that my local paper did about me and Luke a week or so ago and here is the link:http://www.bakercityherald.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=6844

I hope that everyone else is doing great with there horses and I am looking forward to seeing everyone in Texas. By the way, the RFD special made me a little nervous watching it all. Anybody else feel the same?