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Jasper has a success story all of his own... rescued from a sale yard, he went from a no-name underfed, unwanted horse to a beautiful, kind member of the Long family. Not only is he beautiful, but he has been extremely easy to work with, and seems to enjoy his job as a mounted shooting horse. 

Kenda,

Well, I did it, my first real match with Jasper.  After only 2 months of being in training with you, I have the ultimate shooting horse custom made for me.  For 2 months, I was watching the videos you sent me regularly of his progress and let me tell you, my nerves and anxiety grew as the time approached for me to finally be able to go out there and shoot by myself. Wow, what an experience.  My horse was so handy, he stayed rated, he didn’t get nose bleeds from his head being straight up in the air, and I felt comfortable the whole time.  HE was perfect, I on the other hand, let him down a little.  I wasn’t totally sure what I had under me and I “chickened out” a bit.  I think I worried too much about the “what-if’s”, I kept anticipating for the “something” to happen and didn’t concentrate on the positive.  I have some serious work to do on myself, but my horse, again, WOW.  I’m sure you’ll recall when I first dropped him off to you and it was time for us to head back home, you had just finished working him and tied him to the rail.  I was a little concerned, wondering why you were tying him to the rail.  He tied “fine”, or so I thought.  At the match this past weekend, he was falling asleep tied to the rail!  The tractor was going in and out right next to him, horses were ending their run in front of him, flinging dirt in his face and still, he slept on!  Someone actually approached me and complimented me on how well my horse “tied” to the rail.  Again, thank you, it’s not something I thought he had issues with when I had him, but now thinking back, he tied alright, but he antagonized whoever was tied next to him, and he’d “worry” if I wasn’t right next to him.  In short, I can’t thank you enough for the amazing little horse you’ve created for me.  I can only imagine how much better he’ll be one month from now.  I can’t wait for my next match.  I’m practicing at home already.  I actually rode Henry yesterday, wearing my guns and loping like mad (he’s a lot of horse compared to Jasper) aiming and shooting down my arm at targets.  You’ll see a brand new rider as well next time you see me.  I won’t let you and your hard work or Jasper down ever again.  I’m going to make you proud to say, “That’s my student”.  Thanks for everything.      Manon.