| CM Burnt In Gold Sire: Oliver's Lot (TB) Dam: Wilvil Spellbound (ASH, WB, Buckskin) Sire of Dam (paternal side): Diamond B Sky High Grandsire of Dam (maternal side): Chico D'Oro DOB: 9-11-1995 - Burnt Buckskin |
| Buck, or Buckethead, as we call him, is a prime example of the offspring that is from the Sky High/Chico lines that are so well known around the jumping traps... He has a wonderful jump on him and apparently Stuart Tinney had him over 1.9m when he was younger just to see what he could do, and he was not too shabby at it! We are hoping that we can take him further with jumping, and Craig is going to start getting him out to a few competitions in the future. Up til now, they have been chasing cattle, generally mucking around in the bush and we have taken him to a few shows, and has had great results. He went in 4 classes for 3 ribbons - two 2nd places and one 1st! Not bad for his first outing! |
| Buck is well known for his dread fear of wombats after an unfortunate incident while mustering cattle... A mate who was working alongside him cracked a wombat on the head with the stockwhip, and it ran toward Buck, and he looked like a cartoon character with his rear, then pulling his hind legs under him while the wombat ran underneath and down its hole which was located beyond Buck! Now, every rock could be a wombat waiting in ambush and bears close inspection! |
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| In his subsequent outings he has never been unplaced in both the led and ridden rings. He is rather 'enthusiastic' about working and is not just named Buck because of his colour! ;-) He enjoys some acrobatics shall we say, and you can see its all for fun! He gets excited and expresses himself! Craig and he are as mad as each other, and are really well suited! Hes a great horse with a wonderful personality. He was Craigs mount when we were married in 2003. He is one of the mounts in the Wudinna SES Mounted Search Team - he enjoys his bit of community service! |
| Craig and Buck are a great match for each other - they are both pretty laid back most of the time, but Craigs electric backside and Bucks slight issues with authority at times do cause some interesting moments. We often say that Buck prefers to spend his time on two |
| legs and hes not real fussy which two. At the 2008 SAPES Games, he spent the majority of the day scaring the police horses, which wasnt particularly nice of him. |
| Buck has been to Team Penning on a number of occasions and 'performed' there as well, and provided entertainment for others. At home he has been ridden by Ashlee, who rides just about everything up here when she gets the chance, and she has gone really well on him, even jumping him a little. |
| He is great out on rides with the kids (Ashlee and Sarah who are always up here mucking around with ponies and horses), and loves lazing around in the paddock. When the mood takes him he can expell some energy by burning around with the herd of mares he lives with at the moment. |
| Below you can see Craig and Buck in their SES outfit and looking rather smart. |
| Below you can see Craig and Buck in their 'Man from Snowy River' mode. Buck rears as Craig cracks the stockwhip. |