Baby Names!

I've been thinking of names for Stormy's baby and praying she'll take! It will be halter baby and stand 15.3 to 16 hands based on mommy and daddy's heights. Of course you never really know! Here are a few names I'm thinking of right now...

- Intimidated Yet
- Stormys Seekin Gold
- Imitate This
- Intimidating Steel

Right now my favorite is Imitate This.

Ahhhh....life gets in the way

Things have been crazy lately so I haven't spent as much time with the horses as I should have. Today I had fun cleaning Loki's stall and putting in new sawdust :) . SUPER excited to be breeding Stormy around Febuary 1st. Other than that, I'm just hanging in here! Loki is moving up to the stud owner's barn in March so I can have access to a indoor arena to work him and get him fit.

Snow horses and border collies

As everyone knows, there is a new addition to the show team. I drove to Louisville, Kentucky to pick up a border collie puppy I ended up naming Louie. He is huge and is incredibly smart. My show buds also picked up a BC puppy from another litter. A tiny female Red Tri.

I turned the boys out in the snow for pictures. Boston refused to run and went right to digging around for grass. Loki, however, put on a great show :)

Rider Vs Non-rider?

I've been thinking about this a LOT. What if something happens and I have to sell Loki (which I would NEVER do willingly anymore. He's a dream come true!)? Will he be able to be easily rehomed not being broke very well due to his halter career? I've tried endlessly to put some kind of foundation training under saddle on him and it just doesn't work. He isn't made or bred for riding. He has incredible movement for western pleasure but he just doesn't want to be a rider. Which I am perfectly fine with, but I also have to think about how I'm affecting his future. He is an incredible halter horse that has more "pretty" than most and can win anything at a local level and out of a huge barn full of horses at State, only one was better. Is that always going to be enough? His stable buddy, Boston, shows promise to go as far as I want to take him under saddle and the personality to do it.

Hmm. Very interesting to think about.

Rest In Peace, Seeker

Boston lost another sister over the holidays. Seeker was a gorgeous palomino filly with a bright future. Her life was cut short when she colicked badly, never fully recovered, and colicked again on Christmas Eve. Her owners are amazing people and I am so sorry for their loss. If I can get a picture of her, I will post it here.

Don't Cry For The Horses

By: Susan Humphrey

They were ours as a gift,

but never to keep,

As they close their eyes forever to sleep.

Their spirits unbound,

On silver wings they fly.

A million white horses,

Against the blue sky.

Look up into heaven,

You'll see them above.

The horses we lost,

The horses we loved.

Manes and tails flowing,

As they gallop through time,

They were never yours

they were never mine.

Don't cry for the horses,

They'll be back some day.

When our time is gone,

They will show us the way

Do you hear that soft nicker?

Close to your ear?

Don't cry for the horses,

Love the ones that are here.

Show clothes for next year

I was very proud of myself in getting together next year's show clothes for halter and showmanship. I think it will go with my Sorrel boys nicely :) Today is going to be busy. I'd like to switch Loki's stalls to keep him in a dry one considering he is disgusting to clean up after. The much cleaner (and I do appreciate that, Boston) one will just have his stall completely stripped and new sawdust put down. A process I'd otherwise enjoy...but in 30 degree weather, I just want it all to be over!

So, to entertain myself until I get the motivation to actually change out of the pjs and go do something, let's do a bit of "Horse's I love but can't afford."

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1473380

^ So what if I don't do dressage...or have 30,000....I want it!

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1385179

^ How cool is that? Halter in the morning and ride in the afternoon. Not many horses can do that and look that good.

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1470117

^ I love this horse but I look at him and think of all little Boston is going to be :) It must be the blaze.

I hate the cold!

Loki and Boston are going crazy with minimal turnout. I have been trying to get them each out to run every other day but it is so hard. And in so much mud, it just isn't safe. I miss when I could put them out for a few days in the warmth and not worry about them. I really miss showing but I guess it is good for them to have a break from the constant stress of training and keeping unrealistically clean. Loki's neck seems to be getting longer or my wishful thinking is starting to pay off. Either way, I miss summer and showing and staying up late to band manes and having panic attacks when Loki got dirt on his freshly painted socks.