Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Oh Heaven, My Hay-filled Heaven!!...

It's here - heaven itself! It arrived today on the back of a trailer and Huey couldn't be happier...

When I rolled it into the paddock, he kept a wary eye on it - we discovered what it WAS, his eyes just about bugged out of his head.... Not content to wait for me to open it, he began ripping at the string in an attempt to hastily extract the divine bounty with which he'd been blessed...

Both he and Red, have literally not moved from it's side since! You'd think I never fed them! Or maybe they think it's too good to be true and must stand guard so I don't take it away. haha.

Either way - these are two VERY happy ponies right now!

Sunday, January 18, 2009

The Day Has Come!....

Huey's in work!! Huzzah!!

This post is a bit of a reminder of where we started from, to where we are now........

He arrived near 5 months ago ... 2 weeks after, we removed a good 1/3 of his hoofwall due to a rampant case of seedy-toe, and he was disgustingly underweight ... Earlier pictures of him show a tired, rather depressed horse. Recent pictures show him with that spark back in his eye ...

He's now looking like a million dollars and is SOUND! We've spent alot of dollars (well, I have) and we've come a a long way - but the day has come where this gorgeous laddy can stop just stuffing his face, and start earning his keep...

He's worn the lunge-roller before, but for our first session back, we graduated straight to the saddle for our free-lunge session .... He was a star! Took everything in his stride and displayed a great work ethic.... He wanted to work; makes me wonder why he never made it as a racehorse - guess he never found the right trainer.... I look forward to getting this young guy going - he's going to be a stunner for sure ..... He's only 6 - rising 7 .... He's got a bright future ahead!!

And now for the important things... Piccies!!


Let's not forget - how he looked in his SALE photo.... (Knew then I had to upgrade him)

Wearing the saddle

Impersonating a Swan (and and uphill swan at that!)

My FAVE picture! Love how he looks!

The After Lunge Roll - His Fave!

Getting up from the Roll...

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Hoof Update!

Wow. I've been slack!

Huey's hoof is looking great! He's no longer lame, and he's getting pretty damn fat.... He's going to be very upset shortly - when the silver service he once knew it over and he has to work for a living, hehe.

I took the below pics on the 14th of Dec, there's a little bit more growth from these ... (Yes, slack, I know!) .... This is after I stalked my THIRD farrier for him... And I must say, I am very happy with the work this guy does, I mean look at the frog!!! It looks like a little piece of cake! So precise and neat! hehe...
Yay! We're almost there....