2001

Sparky was born in the Calico Mountains, North of Gerlach, Nevada, in the fall of 2000. He was captured as an orphan on December 18, 2000. Mike and I made an adoption appointment at Palomino Valley BLM Corrals for January 30, 2001. Since this would be my first horse project, I decided to stack the cards in my favor and choose a youngster. I picked Sparky out of a pen of weanlings.

Here is Sparky that day - I adopted him then, but couldn't bring him home until his brand had been inspected and he had a Coggins test, so that he would be legal to cross state lines.

Unfortunately, while waiting for the Coggins and brand inspection, he and most of his herd-mates came down with strangles, so the whole facility was quarantied and he could not be released to go home until mid-April

2006: Jerry Tindell Riding Clinic

2006: Outstanding in our field

2006: Tindell Driving Clinic (makeshift "harness")

2006: Trail riding at Skyline Park in Napa

2006: Jerry Tindell "Spook" Clinic

2006 CADAMA Playday

We're riding more than ever now, taking advantage of the wonderful parks in the Bay Area withint easy driving distance of home.

We're also continuing to work - sporadically - on trick training. Sparky has the tricks I've taught him in previous years down pat - now I just need to teach him some new ones.

Sparky bows to a group of visiting school kids

The Fearful Crossing 2008

2010 was a busy year for Sparky