America's Favorite Trail Horse

[dunbnwild]

The series starts tonight at 7pm cst on HRTV - if you don't have DISH you can view it online for free:

www.actha.tv/

Tonight's episode will be an overview of the series and of ACTHA- but there's a good chance you'll get to see Bravo in it, at least I hope so!! His episode will be October 11. The whole series should be lots of fun to watch- a lot of mustangs and a variety of breeds and horses from lots of backgrounds. Really cool stuff!!

And in case you are new- here's his Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/bravocanyon

This month we did an interview with Horse & Rider Magazine and they've been posting it on their website. Links are on Bravo's facebook page. :-)

[DianneC]

Yay, watching it now. First part is about ACTHA, nicely done. Got to get back...

[dunbnwild]

About half way through- You see Bravo and me- I'm waving at the camera. Haven't gotten to the part where my interview is shown, but I hear that is in this episode. I also heard Bravo was in the Cavallo commericials, but since that was on the Live show and not on www.actha.tv I haven't seen that.

Anyway- very exciting!! Voting episode for Bravo will be aired Oct. 11 - you will only have 48 hrs to vote via the actha.us website and you may vote once per epsiode per email address- we will need all the help we can get as many of the horses have the backing of their much larger registries and some are even sponsored by the sponsors!

Will be posting again about voting when the time comes- until then, be sure to watch and enjoy all the episodes- either from DISH 404 or www.actha.tv :-) Thanks!!

[staceyinoregon]

You guys looked great Cindy. My daughter was so proud to see a Kiger in the bunch!!! So was I

You have done alot of work. THANKS. We will be watching on Oct 11 for sure!

[Michelle Clarke]

Cindy...are there a lot of mustangs in the competition? If any horse is a trail horse - a mustang sure is! Looking forward to following the show and seeing more of you and Bravo!

[dunbnwild]

Absolutely, Michelle- I've got a count of at least 8 mustangs on the show- and luckily we are all spread out so you shouldn't have to pick a fave until the top ten episode!

The first mustang is Tucker with Cind Brannam (sp?) - she's a professional trainer and Tucker is sponsiered by Tucker Saddles (one of the competition sponsors) and she has a few other sponsors as well- so they are pretty well known. He was an Extreme Mustang Makeover horse.

As was Time to Shine (episode #4) and Lindsay's Faith (episode #9) - I met both of these ladies and their horses- sweet as can be!!

Another super sweet mustang and adopter pair are Stella and Addie Monroe- (episode #6)

A couple of mustangs I don't know too much about are Danny's Midnight Magic (episode #10) and Choke (epsisode #11) - I do know Choke is also shown by a professional who is Australian.

I know I'm missing 1 or 2 others as well. But looks like we are nicely spread out amoung the shows. Unfortunatel though in Bravo's episode we have 2 other Spanish types- Peruvian Paso's- both I believe have had extensive show and competition experience- shown by professionals and have breed registry backing. So Bravo and I really need all the support we can get!! I know that if Bravo had 1/10 the training and experience that these other horses have, he'd wipe the mountain with him, lol. But alas, he's got me- and he does the best he can with that, haha. Bless his heart!! It is truly amazing that we've come this far this fast- and it's testament to his heart and spirit.

[DianneC]

And your love and courage!

[barbhorses]

I will be voting for you!

[barbhorses]

Just watched episode 3. LOVE that Welsh pony stallion! I was going to vote for Tucker the Mustang for this episode, but that Welsh just did a bit better and was my favorite to watch.

[Michelle Clarke]

I voted for the mustang...would be great in the Finals to have all mustangs (and then Bravo kick butt!).

[mystickiger]

I voted for the mustang too. Welsh was cute for sure.

[dunbnwild]

OK everyone- reminder Tonight is our episode! I wish I could say Bravo and I went clean and perfect- and I can't. But we really did do awesome for where we are at and I KNOW if Bravo had a professional or more seasoned rider like many of these horses had, he'd have whipped up on just about everyone but the Welsh pony, haha. (who does have a professional rider who we love dearly!!) Ok- sorry, anyway- if you don't have the channel (404 on Dish) you can still watch online at your convenience for free at www.actha.tv this is also where you will vote (once per email addy- so whip out all your possible email addresses) and where you can read our bio. I hope we do you all proud tonight!! Bravo certainly makes me proud every day! Thanks again!! ~Cindy & Bravo

[lindad]

Yes Cindy, you did us proud. Boy the pros sure were impressed with Bravo. They did not know about Kigers. Bet they do now. This time my computer didn't lock up and I actually got to view it. Congratulations.

[dunbnwild]

Only 1 more day to vote- please don't forget!! You can vote once per email address, and we really need all the help we can get!

As you know, Mustangs more than most are very in tune to their environment and they don't risk their legs on uncertain terrain- Bravo needed to look at the rock obstacle before crossing it- we don't have white rocks like that here, and once he saw it was just rocks- he crossed it like a champ and then in the obstacle garden right across the rock bridge was a taxidermy fox in an attack pose- I'm certain that if the time person wasn't shouting at us, I could've relaxed and let him see that it wasn't real. He crossed beautifully behind me as I led him over the bridge, but then I had another issue- I've had full ACL reconstructions on both knees, getting on is not a simple thing for me- but once again Bravo was just wonderful, trotting alongside of me and jumping the jump with me :-) He's truly a wonderful spirit- as many of you who have gotten to meet him know. We need those votes to move on!! Please help us out :-) You can view the episode and vote at www.actha.tv Thanks so much!!

~Cindy & Bravo

[fantasykiger]

I had trouble viewing the episode, but I got in all my votes from my emails ;D