Pony shuffling
Jun. 21st, 2011 11:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
murakoziThere are some new faces at the barn nowadays and a few old faces that're gone.
Hamilton, the friendly old grey who was notorious for making sounds like some kind of angry seal when he wanted his dinner was put down a little while back. He'd been laying down and having trouble getting up. Not terribly uncommon for very old horses. It finally got to be really bad, though, and Sandy had to have the old boy put down.
Clay and Maverick both left to go to new homes. They're both great horses, but have soundness issues. The workload of a school horse is just a bit too much for them. It's a shame since both of them were very popular horses. Clay may come back one day. It's unlikely that Maverick will.
So with 3 empty stalls, it wasn't long before 3 new horses showed up. A thoroughbred named Trust was the first one. It's unsure if he's really ours or not though. His story is that his owner died and he ended up in the care of her close friend. She doesn't have the time/money/inclination to own a horse so she gave him to the barn for free so he'd have a good home. She's had second thoughts at least once though and may end up taking him back. Trust is a thoroughbred and seems to be almost as friendly and easygoing as our other TB, Quest.
The other two newcomers are Inky and Boone. They both arrived on Friday. I don't know much about them but both are very friendly and sociable. Boone in particular seems to want to say hello to anyone who comes near his stall. I'm hoping he works out since he's a stocky-ish mid sized horse and we need more of those.
Hamilton, the friendly old grey who was notorious for making sounds like some kind of angry seal when he wanted his dinner was put down a little while back. He'd been laying down and having trouble getting up. Not terribly uncommon for very old horses. It finally got to be really bad, though, and Sandy had to have the old boy put down.
Clay and Maverick both left to go to new homes. They're both great horses, but have soundness issues. The workload of a school horse is just a bit too much for them. It's a shame since both of them were very popular horses. Clay may come back one day. It's unlikely that Maverick will.
So with 3 empty stalls, it wasn't long before 3 new horses showed up. A thoroughbred named Trust was the first one. It's unsure if he's really ours or not though. His story is that his owner died and he ended up in the care of her close friend. She doesn't have the time/money/inclination to own a horse so she gave him to the barn for free so he'd have a good home. She's had second thoughts at least once though and may end up taking him back. Trust is a thoroughbred and seems to be almost as friendly and easygoing as our other TB, Quest.
The other two newcomers are Inky and Boone. They both arrived on Friday. I don't know much about them but both are very friendly and sociable. Boone in particular seems to want to say hello to anyone who comes near his stall. I'm hoping he works out since he's a stocky-ish mid sized horse and we need more of those.