He arrived this morning at about 2am, and he was placed into a stable with some hay overnight; this way, he was safely contained and not running about in an unfamilar pasture at night. This morning, the stable door was opened and he was free to roam in and out as he liked. The stable ajoins a private 1 acre paddock (his temp home) so he's got plenty of room to stretch his legs. (and boy, those are some BIG legs!)
I haven't measured him yet, but I am guessing he's atleast 16.3hh _eeeegads! ... I've decided I'm going to need a ladder to get on this horse, given I am vertically challenged at 5'3...
I took him down to meet his new brother, Red, and tied him up outside Red's stable/paddock ... they had a sniff, a bit a of paw and a squeal, and were both over it soon after. Here they are together, aren't they adorable... (Huey infront, Red behind):
It doesn't look like it in the picture, but Huey is alot bigger than Red (the ground slopes, so Huey is actually standing lower than Red). They are soon to be put in their own 2 horse paddock, but until then, they're both staying in their own luxury paddocks with stables (though I'm yet to see Red actually use the stable, I walked in there today and the bravest he could be involved poking his head around the door to check where I was) ...
But, back to Huey!! I unrugged him, and gave him a good brush down. His coat isn't very long which is great, and his mane and tail are both beautiful and soft!! I'm almost going to cry when I shorten Huey's mane, hehe. It's long, thick and silky!
He's a bit lean right now, as evident along the spine and rump, but he'll soon pick up. For the first week, he'll be getting a bran mash, with rosehips and a scoop of Equilibrium Blue mineral mix. Plus he'll be getting 2-3 big biccies of oaten hay to gorge on the start with, then I'll move him onto my 2nd grade lucerne, then onto the good lurcerne. Somewhere along the lines, mayve after the 2nd week, I'll introduce small amounts of wheaten chaff and Prydes EasiResult.
Huey Was a Racehorse.....!
....But not a very good one, hehe... I looked up his freezebrand when I got home, and it turns out he did indeed race! He has 13 starts for 2 thirds; netting a grand total of $400 prizemoney. Not hard to see why he didn't cut it... He seems wayyyyy to laid back for the racehorse life. His racing name was 'Mush Mush' - I laughed when I read it - it seems VERY fitting as well ... Like the drivers yelling mush to the sled-dogs, so to would they have been doing so to Huey- the not-so-enthusiatic racehorse....
He's also a 2002 foal by Flight Laag (by Laag USA, OMG!!!!), making him 6 years old, not 3. I'm not worried about that - actually I'm relieved - he wont grow anymore!! haha. He'll grow outwards, he wont grow up - and that suits me just fine ;o)
But back to Laag USA. Oh man, I LOVE that horse! Ever since the first time I saw him, I said to myself I have to get a horse that has Laag lines. And now, here he is! It really was meant to be.
Huey is home, and I couldn't be happier!
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