10/04/2025
📚Tandem Weanling Session: Valentine and Lilly📚
https://youtu.be/bh-zf7HZqJ4?si=NYQckpBOhKnvqqQC
In this clip, Clayton’s handling two beautiful bay roan weanlings, Valentine and Lilly. Valentine is by Sannman out of Jolly N Sassy by Playguns Hancock. Lilly is by Starlight Oak 017 out of The Model Figure by Playguns Hancock.
These two fillies are jam-packed with potential! Handling them in tandem provides us a unique opportunity to confirm where we’re at with Valentine, who’s right around the thirty-day point, and to afford Lilly, newer to the program, the influence of a buddy. A double session also allows us to make the most of the unexpected training opportunities that arise organically when the environment is less controlled. We’re building for life outside the round pen.
We hope you find this session as interesting as we did!
SIDE NOTE: These fillies are both thinkers and have very different learning requirements. Valentine wants time to be sure of what she’s about to do and who she’s doing it for, while Lilly is content to process what’s being asked without as much thought to why or who’s asking. In the clip, you can see Valentine put together that the rope is moving her leg; she goes to mouth it a few times. Then you see it register that Clayton is at the other end of the rope; she makes her opinion known without too much zeal and then says “Ok,” I can do that for you. Both fillies are processing at the same rate. Both fillies are equally good-minded. This is a difference in how they learn. These moments tell us how the individual needs new skills presented in order for us to set them up in the short term for long-term success.
BREEDING NOTES: Starlight Oak 017, aka Pocket, stands at KB Ranch & Stallion Station in Comanche Texas. Both these fillies were made at KB Ranch & Stallion Station.
🚨 BOTH FILLIES ARE AVAILABLE 🚨
https://youtu.be/bh-zf7HZqJ4?si=NYQckpBOhKnvqqQC
