We have the Mustangs! What an exciting (and busy) day it's been. We woke up early and made our way to the Southwest Stallion Station where about 200 Mustangs were being held awaiting adoption. We arrived to warm smiles and hugs from individuals from the Mustang Heritage Foundation who were so excited to see us, and made us feel incredibly welcome.
The girls were each given the job of preparing the trailer with bedding for the horses, and talked to several reporters who were from the Austin American Statesman (you can see the article by clicking here, and can also watch a video about the Extreme Makeover experience here.) The girls were surprised so many people knew who they were, and who were interested in their "journey" from Columbia Missouri.
Around 9:30am, the girls began a series of paperwork, and one by one were assigned a Mustang (at random). At this point, the yearlings have been completely un-handled, having been born in the "wilds" of Nevada. In order to load the horses, each had to be run through a chute up into the trailer.
One of our favorite moments of the morning happened when Starr named her horse. For the past few days, Starr has been brainstorming horse names, anything ranging from "Dot" to "Serenity". She was getting anxious, but Sue told her she should wait and meet her horse first because the name would come to her once she laid eyes on it.
After talking with Sue, Starr decided to make a list of boy and girl horse names to take with her to the ranch where the horses were held.
Starr's horse was an adorable little bay filly (girl) who had a lot of spunk in the loading chute. When Starr saw all of the energy, she whipped out her list, and with complete confidence stated "Thunder" and so Thunder it is!
By 3pm, each horse had been named; Starr will be training "Thunder", Vernita will be training "Prada"(since it is a very classy dark brown color), LaShawnda will be training "Reecie" (since her horse is the color of "Reeces Pieces" candy) and Arreal will be training "Rudy" (named after the BBQ restaurant we ate at which Arreal thought was the best BBQ she's ever had).
The girls have consistently checked on their horses, sang to their own horse and are even getting up in the middle of the night tonight to make sure they are doing okay!
More updates tomorrow as we head home and the training experience begins!
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