JB Andrew (Andy)
Andy grew up in Nevada, in the wild mountains and deserts. He was a big অশ্বশাবক for a wild horse, but early in this century, farmers who were switching to tractors had turned out their draft horses, and undoubtedly some of these ঘোড়া বিষয়ক were in his family background. The Bureau of Land Management watches over American's wild ঘোড়া বিষয়ক and when there are too many in an area and there is not enough খাবার and water for them all, they gather up some of them and offer them to the public for adoption.
Andy was captured in Winnemuca NV when he was around six months old. He was sent to palomino Valley just 1/2 ঘন্টা south of his প্রথমপাতা where he was chosen to be part of the prisoner rehabilitation program. He was not old enough to go so he spent over a বছর in a holding facility in Muleshoe, TX. When he went to the prison, he was গলরজ্জু, halter broke দ্বারা the women and saddle broke দ্বারা the men. The black অশ্বশাবক grew to stand 16.3 hands high and weigh nearly 1900 pounds (that's almost a ton!).
Ginger Scott adopted Andy when he was 2 1/2 years old. She had already picked out a horse on her first visit but that horse had not been thought trainable. She was back a সেকেন্ড time and did not see any that caught her eye until Tommy rode up on this big black, gangly mustang. Ginger ব্যক্ত it was প্রণয় at first sight. They tried to talk her out of adopting him saying his head was too big and his feet were huge (he wears a size 5 shoe, which is a BIG horse shoe!) but she insisted he was the horse for her. When Andy was adopted, Ginger named him JB Andrew... the "JB" stands for Jail Bird. [g] She was a western rider and the trainer at the শস্যাগার told her he was not suitable for Western and to try Dressage. That is how Ginger and Kelly O'Leary met; they shared the same trainer. Kelly's horse was lame and she needed a horse to ride; Ginger had family issues to take care of and needed someone to ride Andy.
Says Kelly: "When I first started riding Andy he did not have much of a personality. He would stand very quietly in the aisle and did not interact much with anyone. Over the years, and I could not pinpoint at what point it changed, Andy began to watch those around him, and would seek attention with his head দ্বারা putting it (sometimes forcefully) towards you. He loves me to hug his head. Remember his head is half my height! He loves to nuzzle the back of my neck and play with my hair." Andy loves treats... carrots, apples, cookies, bran mashes, beer, soda pop, and donuts. Kelly doesn't approve of all of those treats, so somewhere along the line, Andy must have convinced somebody to cater to his tastes!
In Kelly's words: "When I first started riding Andy he was very unbalanced. He was a training/first level horse. He was only 3 years old when I started to ride him so his unbalanced problem was not that uncommon." Kelly began প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে him in ঘোড়ার তালিম and in 1990, he took first place in AHSA 1st Level, Region 8. দ্বারা 1994, Andy had progressed through Levels 2 (1st place Region 8), Levels 3 (1st place Region 8 and Reserve Champion in Region 5), and into Prix St. George. In 1999 he showed successfully in Intermediare I and Kur (Kur is a marvelous test in which the horse performs at anywhere from Level 2 to the শীর্ষ levels but with music, and a free style pattern), as well as giving demonstrations.
Andy is easy to sit at both the trot and canter. He is now schooling at Grand Prix, and his piaffe and passage work have প্রদত্ত him a little আরো spring in his step. His পছন্দ movement is flying changes -- he finds them easy to do. Andy is 15 years old, and will be competing in Intermediare 2 in 2000.
Andy is an ambassador for American's mustangs, performing his beautiful ঘোড়ার তালিম movements to সঙ্গীত and winning অনুরাগী all over the country in special exhibitions as well as competions. There is a Breyer model of him , and the BLM has a collectible card for Andy. Eventually, he and Kelly became such good বন্ধু that Ginger sold him to Kelly. He's a very friendly guy, but he also has very good manners (hey, if আপনি wear a tuxedo, আপনি have to be a gentleman!). In this picture, আপনি can clearly see the BLM brand mark on his neck.
Andy
