Meet Tequila Sunrise

Three months ago, my daughter lost her horse unexpectedly. She was extremely upset. Our trainer offered to bring her broodmare (who she isn't breeding anymore), once she and baby were weaned, to the barn for the winter for my daughter to take care of and love. If they bond, she said that my daughter can have her. What a nice offer and nice thing to do.

So the horse came to the barn a few days ago and we went to spend some time with her. She was very attentive and loving. She nickered to us when we walked in the barn. She gave us her full attention the whole time we were there. We brushed her a bit and she loved that...she didn't want us to stop and kept pressing her side up against the stall gate closer to us to touch her. When we weren't by her stall, she was nickering again. I think they are going to end up loving each other.

So, because I am a photo nut, this is Tequila Sunrise with my smiling daughter:


My daughter said people keep asking her if she has a new horse yet and she tells them no. She asked me what she was supposed to tell them now. I told her to tell them she is taking care of a horse this winter but she doesn't have a horse yet. She asked me what she was supposed to say her name was (because it's an alcoholic drink, lol). I told her that I doubted her friends would know what that was (her name is what it is, lol). She said, "Yes they would. They know what pot is!" Oh boy.

She was very sweet:

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Wishing

We really need another riding horse. My mare is too green to give us lessons on. Now that my 11yo is advancing in riding skill (and learning to jump which weakens my heart I'm sure, lol), she really need her own horse again to ride regularly. Plus, my 7yo daughter and 9yo son are ready to get on themselves. I talked to our trainer and we're going to toss them up in the saddle at the end of my 11yo daughter's lessons to start getting them used to being on a horse.

I wish Rex was still here:( He was such a fantastic horse and wonderfully, patient teacher.

I'm not sure what I am going to be riding. Ugh.

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JeeNee Jumps Fence

JeeNee got excited last night and decided to do something she's never done before - jump a five-strand fence to get into the other pasture. She cleared it with her front legs and almost cleared it with her back. She hit above her hoof on the way over so she did cut herself but she didn't fall, get caught in the fence, or tear the fence down.

She almost cleared it. This is the first time she's ever done anything like this. I didn't think my moose of a horse would try to jump a fence!

There is no swelling and they aren't stalling her so she doesn't swell up. Hopefully, it doesn't swell and it'll heal without incident. When I heard she jumped a fence, my imagination imagined bad stuff and I think heart skipped a beat (or five) until I heard she was ok. After the phone call telling us Rex had died, I get a little nervous now I guess.

If you have read my previous posts about my daughter learning to jump, we knew she was going to need a jumper in the future to compete if that is what she wanted to do. Is my JeeNee my daughter's future jumper?

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