Our blind two-year Nikki has now graduated from the round pen to riding in the pasture, and today was her second day at it. Our horse trainer, Nichole Zupan, thought it would be beneficial for Nikki to follow another horse during these first few open riding sessions, so I rode blind Domino the Appaloosa while she followed on Nikki. Alayne took this photo of us riding this morning.
Ironically, Alayne had intended to use one of our sighted horses, Rocco, as the lead horse for Nikki, but he proved to need some work of his own. Yes, folks, it was easier to use a blind horse! So here's a real-life example of the blind leading the blind. In this case, it turned out well!
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This is so cool!
You have a ranch full of innovators. :-)
Keep up the excellent work, it's quite inspiring!
Posted by: Leilani | August 21, 2006 at 10:02 AM
That's a beautiful shot of the blind horses and riders in beautiful country. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Roz | August 19, 2006 at 11:54 AM
What a beautiful picture! It's ironic that the sighted horse needs work, whereas Domino is doing wonderfully, as well as Nikki! Fantastic!
Hugs to the horses,
ginger & Tobias
Posted by: ginger & Tobias (the greythound) | August 19, 2006 at 06:33 AM