Macho Mist (SSMA# 1369), foaled 3-31-91, was bred and raised on the Blazing
Saddles Ranch in Winona, Texas. He is out of the sire, Tomachichi (SSMA
#1109) and Misty (SSMA #749) and is a light dun Medicine Hat paint. He was
trained and ridden by Mac McSwain. Mac rode Macho to a NATRC National
Championship in 1997. Out of nine Open rides, Macho won 4 firsts, 3 seconds,
and 2 fourth places. The next year, Josh McSwain rode Macho as a Junior
Open rider and Macho won another National Championship in just seven
rides! Macho placed consistently again with 3 firsts, 3 seconds and 1 fourth
place. Macho has 1180 competition miles in NATRC. Macho is now starting a
new trail career in endurance riding through AERC.
I bought Macho in 2002 from Mac's sister-in-law. He hadn't been ridden much
in the last 2 years, and we put shoes on him and took him to the Hill Country
State Natural Area near Bandera, Texas. It was like he'd been ridden the day
before. Since purchasing Macho, I've ridden him extensively on the trails all
over Texas.
My husband and I ride all over the Texas Hill Country area where the terrain
is very hilly and rocky. I've done a couple CTR's with him, and I have taken
him to longhorn cattle drives at the YO Ranch at Mountain Home, TX and at
the Shahan HV Ranch at Brackettville, Texas.
In 2005, I saw an article about a project that an Ohio equine artist Karen
Brenner initiated called, "The Beautiful Horses of Texas".
(www.karenbrenner.com) Karen was looking for beautiful horses in Texas of
all breeds to include in a series of paintings.
I nominated Macho Mist, sending in a story about him and his
accomplishments as well as photos.
Macho was one of the horses selected to be included in her project.
In June of 2005, Karen Brenner visited our farm and photographed
Macho in various poses and also running freely in the pasture.
She selected a photo of Macho, striding out at a big trot,
to be the basis of for her painting of Macho.
As of early 2006,
Karen is finishing the last paintings in this project
including the painting of Macho.
Karen will exhibit the paintings at major horse expos, and will showcase "The
Beautiful Horses of Texas"
paintings at Sheplers in Austin, Texas,
July 7-9, 2006.
I give credit to Mac and Josh McSwain for Macho's many NATRC
accomplishments and exceptional training. I am very pleased that I was able
to purchase such an exceptional horse from the McSwain family. Macho is a
kind, giving horse who also knows self-preservation. He is a joy to ride down
the trail, whether the trail is flat and easy, or the most challenging, difficult
of trails.
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