Well this seems like a good place to tell all my good news now that I have got around to subscribing!
Long story cut short.. Had horses for many years but due to university I was forced to sell them. I waited 6 years at uni and 1 year of working to be able to save up the money to buy my own horse again. At the beginning of the summer I started looking for the perfect ponio. Went across the country several times, had failed vettings, indecisive owners and just a general all round rubbish experience. I decided in September that I would focus on work and look again at the tail end of winter.
About three weeks ago I got a text from a friend asking if I was still looking for a horse because she knew of one that she thought I would love, albeit younger and greener than what I had been looking for. She had considered buying it the horse herself but finances and time had prevented her.
To be honest it was love at first sight and from the instant I saw him I knew he was my horse. Week later he was vetted and I've been an obsessive but proud horsey mummy for 10 days!
He has been across from Ireland about a month, 4yo 16.2/3 gelding. ISH out of Cream of Diamonds/King of Diamonds. Greener than the grass in his field. But we have learnt to lunge and getting pretty good at verbal commands. He has been broken although I suspect not too long ago. Very on his forehand and quite unbalanced but he seems to be a very quick learner.
Have also discovered that he has no idea of the concept of being caught, he is ruled by his stomach, has a penchant for yearling filly trotters and that he doesn't really know what a feed bucket it!
He came across with no known stable name we decided on Milo!
I've been looking somewhere to chart his progress and this seems a perfect outlet!
So without further ado I would like to formally introduce you all to Milo:
more photos to follow tomorrow (as soon as I've uploaded them from camera!)
Night all
xxxx
Long story cut short.. Had horses for many years but due to university I was forced to sell them. I waited 6 years at uni and 1 year of working to be able to save up the money to buy my own horse again. At the beginning of the summer I started looking for the perfect ponio. Went across the country several times, had failed vettings, indecisive owners and just a general all round rubbish experience. I decided in September that I would focus on work and look again at the tail end of winter.
About three weeks ago I got a text from a friend asking if I was still looking for a horse because she knew of one that she thought I would love, albeit younger and greener than what I had been looking for. She had considered buying it the horse herself but finances and time had prevented her.
To be honest it was love at first sight and from the instant I saw him I knew he was my horse. Week later he was vetted and I've been an obsessive but proud horsey mummy for 10 days!
He has been across from Ireland about a month, 4yo 16.2/3 gelding. ISH out of Cream of Diamonds/King of Diamonds. Greener than the grass in his field. But we have learnt to lunge and getting pretty good at verbal commands. He has been broken although I suspect not too long ago. Very on his forehand and quite unbalanced but he seems to be a very quick learner.
Have also discovered that he has no idea of the concept of being caught, he is ruled by his stomach, has a penchant for yearling filly trotters and that he doesn't really know what a feed bucket it!
He came across with no known stable name we decided on Milo!
I've been looking somewhere to chart his progress and this seems a perfect outlet!
So without further ado I would like to formally introduce you all to Milo:
more photos to follow tomorrow (as soon as I've uploaded them from camera!)
Night all
xxxx