Girl Power

July 9, 2018 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ 3 Comments

Mother nature blessed me with two gorgeous fillies this year, or girl power if you will…

The first born cutie is a full sister to Issimo. Her mother is Dolce. Those of you who’ve been around a while, will recall, Dolce was the first horse I ever raised. My babies are having babies!

I decided, after taking suggestions via Instagram, to name her Belissima and call her Belle. I think she’s just adorable. But then aren’t all baby horses adorable?

The next filly I was blessed with is extra special to me, because her mother, Bombshell, is a daughter of my mare Shuttle. We put Shuttle down last year, at the age of 14. She’d battled an infection in her stifle joint since she was 5, and despite our best efforts to eradicate it, we were unsuccessful. She did however bless me with 5 babies: Bam Bam, Rival, Penny, Bombshell and Cosmo.

Prism is Bombshell’s baby. Cosmo is going into my riding string, though I did put a dozen or so rides on Bombshell, before deciding to let her replace her mother in the broodmare band. This little filly is full of chrome! A stocking on her right front, and white on both back pasterns are going to make her look beautiful flying down the alley. I’ve got big plans for this girl.

Prism is extra special to me for the reason that she’s carrying on Shuttle’s bloodlines. I took name suggestions for a week on this little girl, and nothing seemed to fit. I needed something pretty, something shiny, something special and powerful, and as I drove home from the Belle Fourche Rodeo on the 1st of July it hit me: — Prism. I’d call her Prism.

That’s my foal crop for 2018! I’ll try to keep you in photos — if not here, then for sure on my Instagram feed!

Happy Trails!

About ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Jenn Zeller is the creative mind and boss lady behind The South Dakota Cowgirl. She is an aspiring horsewoman, photographer, brilliant social media strategist and lover of all things western.

After a brief career in the investment world to support her horse habit (and satisfy her mother, who told her she had to have a “real” job after graduating college), she finally took the leap and stepped away from a regular income; trading the business suit once and for all for cowgirl boots, a hat, and jeans. She has not looked back.

When Jenn first moved to The DX Ranch on the South Dakota plains, she never imagined she’d find herself behind a camera lens capturing an authentic perspective of ranching, and sharing it with others. Jenn has always been called to artistry, and uses music, writing, images, home improvement, and her first true love of horses to express her ranching passion.

Horses are the constant thread and much of her work centers around using her unique style of writing to share her horsemanship journey with others in publications such as CavvySavvy, the AQHA Ranching Blog, the West River Eagle, the family ranch website, and her own website.

Using photography to illustrate her stories has created other opportunities -- Jenn’s brand “The South Dakota Cowgirl” has grown to the level of social media “Influencer”. This notoriety has led to work with Duluth Trading Company, Budweiser, Wyoming Tourism, Vice, Circle Z Ranch and Art of the Cowgirl, to name a few. She also serves as a brand ambassador for Woodchuck USA, Arenus Equine Health, Triple Crown Feed and Just Strong fitness apparel. Her photography has been featured by Instagram, Apple, TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Oprah Magazine. Jenn’s work has been published internationally, has been seen in several books and has graced the covers of several magazines.

Jenn became a social media influencer by accident when she started to explore Instagram as a way to share her life on the ranch with folks that don’t get to experience it. It’s grown into an incredible platform that she uses to empower women, create an environment for self improvement and share life on the ranch.

When she’s not working, she loves to drink coffee, play with her naughty border collie named Copper, start ranch colts, and run about the country chasing cans. Her mother still thinks she doesn’t have a “real” job.