My Home Run

Sorry for my absence, but my composition class I'm taking this semester has re-inspired me to write on a daily basis.... and what better way to force myself to sit down and write than by writing about my horses on a daily basis.

So expect to hear more from me and my daily (or semi-daily) struggles.

With that being said.... I'd like to introduce my newest struggle:

So it's not the most flattering picture of either of us, but it shows how to-die-for in love I am with him and I think he's an excellent addition to my pack of equines. 

However, he's definitely a challenge. I have a new job (I'll explain in future posts) that is basically how I stumbled across this guy and how it worked out well enough that I'm blessed and fortunate enough to take on a third horse in full training (dear God).... cue struggle #1, college senior with three horses (spread across two different barns) and a full time schedule. 

Struggle #2 is that he's completely different than any horse I've ever worked with. He's an Off-Track Thoroughbred... which sure yeah he's green but he's a drastically DIFFERENT kind of green. Where most of the horses I've trained have been uninfluenced by any training, I have the task of re-training him from track horse to hunter/jumper. WOO.

Sarcasm aside, I'm extremely excited about him and what his future holds regardless of which ring he ends up in.... and also eternally grateful for my patient mother who follows me into the depths of my horse ventures!

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