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At the time we had no idea who the actors were going to be or if they would have any riding or horse experience, so it was going to be important that the horse we found was quiet and easy for almost anybody to ride. I began looking around to see if there might be a horse out there somewhere that would fit the bill.

Eventually, I came across a nice-looking gelding that I found on the Internet. He was a red roan, 13-year-old, grade Quarter Horse that was born and raised on a ranch in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming. Later, he was sold to another rancher in Kansas, then he went to Oklahoma and finally to Texas where he ended up in a Quarter Horse show barn as a pony horse. Basically, his job there had been to travel around the country with the show horses and pony them from one point to another at the various show venues.

Along with his history of ranch work, the gelding had traveled coast to coast numerous times and had been to some of the biggest shows in the country, including the South Point Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ad for him said he was bombproof, good on the ground, easy with the vet, and good with his feet. He trailer loaded and unloaded without any problems and was safe for anybody to ride.