Peter has always had a love of horses and roping. When Peter was five, he informed Toby that he wanted to start roping at our brandings. So, Toby put him on one of our soundest horses and turned him loose. The first year, he caught one calf. Since that time, Peter has roped at all of our brandings, and his skills have improved significantly.
During the last year, Peter has been pressuring Toby to teach him to team rope. Peter is convinced that he is ready to move beyond the branding corral and into the roping arena. One of the largest barriers to teaching Peter to team rope has been that we have not had any team roping horses since Toby's head and heel horses passed away about five years ago, and Toby did not want to place Peter on a horse that was not already trained to team rope.
That obstacle was overcome on December 31, when Toby found a team roping horse for Peter. Now, Peter has his own horse to begin learning how to team rope on this spring. He is an 11 year old blue roan gelding whose registered name is Two Eyed LeRoy. Peter has chosen to call him Clancy. He was born on May 9, and is one year and five days older than Peter. As a result, he and Peter have many years of team roping ahead of them.
I will keep you posted on Peter and Clancy's progress as they learn to team rope!
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