I want to thank everyone for the good words of support and encouragement as I transition from Gabby to Moe. You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em and know when to fold ‘em, which is what my mom said when she retired from teaching at Michigan State University, and I’m glad I didn’t endure (horse-wise) [...]
Gabby is now the property of my barn. I visited her Tuesday, when it was still insanely warm around here. She was out in a field with three other bay mares and boy, did they ever look pretty! They looked like a chorus, all gracefully picking their way across the fresh, warm ground and nipping [...]
Now that I’ve decided that nope, no way, not at all would I ever ever consider stepping into the breeding arena, I’ve begun thinking about it. I guess I hate the thought of missing out on something that I would always wish I’d done. And one of my fondest memories of childhood is the time [...]
No fracture but a big hot spot on a wither bone. Saw the picture myself. She’s still running a fever, so she’s going on antimicrobials for a couple of weeks in steadily decreasing amounts to see how she does. Also still on bute. Prognosis for life: Good. Prognosis as a sport horse: Not so good. [...]
My Gabby. My big girl. My three-buckets-of-water-a-day-girl. My big, lovely, big horse whom I almost cannot believe is mine to care for, mine to keep healthy, mine to learn about, mine to know. My horse. I have a horse.
Today was too cold to ride. Leah called me — but my cell phone didn’t take the call and I got her message 3 hours later so I was at the barn anyway.
Leah suggested that we go to the inside ring and just kind of fool around together and for a few minutes I thought [...]
So OK. So I’ve wanted a horse since I was nine years old. Off and on. So now I’ve got one and guess what ?
I’m scared. I’m really, really scared because I’m scared that I’ve done a very stupid thing. Matter of fact, I have to keep reminding myself that I’ve done stupider things, WAY [...]
I bought a horse! I bought a horse! Ohmigod I bought a horse!!!!!
The school had a perfect horse and I bought her!!!! She’s an 8 year old TB mare who doesn’t fit into the school’s program because she has no interest whatsoever in jumping or going fast (just like me!!!)!!! She’s a big dark bay with [...]
The horse in question is waaaaay out of my budget. I can’t help it — I’m relieved (if anyone’s got an emoticon of someone wiping the sweat from their forehead, I could use it).
I feel like buying a horse is like jumping off a bridge or something and having faith that everything will be fine [...]
After my lesson on Monday, Leah told me about some school horses she knows of that are going to be available soon and asked me if I was interested.
I took enough of a breath to be able to tell myself later that I thought about it — and said yes.
So we’ll see.
