Living with Horse Addiction as an Adult Amateur
This past weekend, I was able to have a girl's weekend with some friends (and adopters of Jimmy Kool, one of my first foster horses) at the Rolex Kentucky 3-Day Event. On Friday night, we attended the Thoroughbreds For All event put on by New Vocations and the Retired Racehorse Project (RRP). The $35 ticket… Continue reading Thoroughbreds For All
So I have two new foster horses. Both are mares. They arrived this past weekend. The first is Double Dots, who was donated to FFI last fall. She is quite a looker and chalk full of personality. She is recovering from an injury sustained after she retired from racing and is pretty much just here… Continue reading A Pair of Mares
I'm so very pleased to announce that my foster horse Wilson (aka Sunny Thoughts) has been adopted! Yay! Its all official except for the taking home. Wilson will remain in my care for a couple more weeks so that we can get all of the formalities taken care of. After that, he will be off… Continue reading A New Home for Wilson
Friendly Neighbor or, "Ned" as we're calling him seems to clean up well. He's still pretty fuzzy, but I think he's going to be a nice looking horse once that winter coat drops off. For all you Simpson's fans out there..."Hank" and "Flanders" were the other choices for barn names. He doesn't really seem like… Continue reading Spring Cleaning
It was a bittersweet day on Saturday when Roxie, who was undoubtedly my favorite of foster horses, left for her new home in the Dayton, OH area. I have every belief that Rachel, Roxie's adopter, is going to give Roxie a fabulous home and life. In fact, I think she's probably the perfect home as… Continue reading Roxie’s Last Day
I'm thrilled to report that She's Got Wings, one of my former fosters, has been adopted! Congrats to Susan on her adoption of Wings. Susan recently lost a special horse and in her healing, has grown particularly fond of Wings. I'm thrilled for them and I know that they will have many good adventures together.… Continue reading Wings Finds a Home
I was lucky enough to get to be part of Roman's delivery to his new home today. I'll let these photos I shot during the process speak for themselves. I really don't think he could have gone to a better place or nicer person!
I'm excited to offer a huge welcome to two new FFI horses: Roman and JC. Both of these horses are considered part of "Tony's ExRacers" which means that they are being funded by a $20,000 grant received by Friends of Ferdinand, Inc. from the Tony Stewart Foundation. I don't have great pictures of either right… Continue reading Big Welcome to Roman & JC
I was able to spend a bit more time working with Jimmy on Friday. Paul had mentioned that Jimmy didn't really care for cross ties, so I clipped the ties to the bottom ring of his halter instead of the side rings. He didn't mind this at all. He was very sensitive to pressure on… Continue reading Working in Sidereins
Paul, Jimmy's former foster dad, delivered him to the barn last night. Jimmy was very looky and sniffed at everything, but settled in quickly. We offered him some grain and hay which he happily munched. Many thanks to Paul for taking time from his evening to bring Jimmy over! After fussing with my own TB… Continue reading Jimmy’s Here!
Confessions of a Horse Addict 