Hallie
SNOW!!!!
Well, as many of you already know, I got a new horse on Saturday. My parents dragged me to a livestock auction (we go for the tack auction....we're always in need of buckets, lead ropes, salt blocks, etc.) in a nearby town. While we were there, we got a phone call from a fellow horse person letting us know that there were two thoroughbred mares that she was familiar with being auctioned there (a mutual friend was also there and gave her a heads up, as they had wanted these horses a few months back) and that we should go take a look at them. So, we went down to the barn to check them out.
I fell in love with one of them immediately, there was a connection there. I could feel her 'talking' to me when I looked at her. Luckily, she was really well put together and appeared to be sound. For an ex-racehorse, she has very clean legs and wonderful feet, so I'm really optimistic that she'll end up as a really nice event horse. She's also unbelievably sweet and very level headed for an OTTB.
Long story short....I ended up with two thoroughbred mares, a bay and a chestnut. The friend who had called us really wanted the bay, so she was sold to her on Monday. The chestnut will be my project for the upcoming year...I hope my warmblood and my pony don't get too jealous...
So, meet Sailor, a 4 year old off-the-track thoroughbred mare. I managed to read her tattoo and get some info on her. 'Sailovertheline' was born May 8, 2005 on a farm in Florida, had a short (but slightly successful) race career, winning almost $49,000, and hasn't raced since March of this year. As you can see, she is very underweight, which is why this will be her progression thread.
I'm hoping to get the weight back on her and potentially get on her in late December (depending on whether we can get her to a farm with an indoor arena...we have a pending plan to take 5 of our horses, but there are still some details to be worked out).
I apologize for the quality of the photos, the light is pretty bad in the barn...I'll get some outside shots of her someday soon.
I'll be updating her thread every few weeks with her weight gain progress.
I fell in love with one of them immediately, there was a connection there. I could feel her 'talking' to me when I looked at her. Luckily, she was really well put together and appeared to be sound. For an ex-racehorse, she has very clean legs and wonderful feet, so I'm really optimistic that she'll end up as a really nice event horse. She's also unbelievably sweet and very level headed for an OTTB.
Long story short....I ended up with two thoroughbred mares, a bay and a chestnut. The friend who had called us really wanted the bay, so she was sold to her on Monday. The chestnut will be my project for the upcoming year...I hope my warmblood and my pony don't get too jealous...
So, meet Sailor, a 4 year old off-the-track thoroughbred mare. I managed to read her tattoo and get some info on her. 'Sailovertheline' was born May 8, 2005 on a farm in Florida, had a short (but slightly successful) race career, winning almost $49,000, and hasn't raced since March of this year. As you can see, she is very underweight, which is why this will be her progression thread.
I'm hoping to get the weight back on her and potentially get on her in late December (depending on whether we can get her to a farm with an indoor arena...we have a pending plan to take 5 of our horses, but there are still some details to be worked out). I apologize for the quality of the photos, the light is pretty bad in the barn...I'll get some outside shots of her someday soon.
I'll be updating her thread every few weeks with her weight gain progress.
