It would be very hard to convince me that there is any funnier horse that Shine my Shoes. I was trying to describe his personality to his prospective buyer but it really is something you have to see in person. He is the horse that will come running up to you in the field, follow you around while you are doing chores and will pick up and play with anything left where it doesn’t belong. Heck, he just chews on anything which always makes me laugh except when it’s my reins on my pretty bridle 🙂
He also is the best snuggler around and has a habit of doing the cutest damn things that make me love him more each day. His latest cute thing is that when I come out in the mornings he is always sleeping. Sometimes he is laying down in his stall or out in his paddock. He waits for me to dump his grain in his bucket and takes his time getting up. Then he has to do a big stretch and then all of a sudden he is hollering like a fool. Ha, dude your grain is in the bucket so nice of you to wake up.
This morning he was laying down in his stall as I have been stall resting him. I came in and both Shoes and Mobster were sleeping. I waited to get out the grain cart and instead walked into Shoes stall where he proceeded to look at me with his sleepy eyes and he let me come in and love on him a bit. Wouldn’t you know that lazy horse didn’t even get up until I got to his stall (4th stall that I fed) and put his grain in. I suppose he doesn’t feel the need to get out of bed until the food is in the bucket. Hilarious!
I have been having great rides on Diamond H. He is getting much stronger in his body and we are able to get the right lead using the pole to help him strike off. The chiropractor is coming tonight for the whole barn and I think that is going to help Diamond out.
Mort also doing super well. He is going to be an eventing machine (I think he will) so I am eager to get him out and about. He is getting some shoes on this weekend so I can start trail riding him to build some muscle. He has just been hanging in a field since October so needs to get built up.
I have been super busy right now as I have a bunch of horses to ride each day. I have Gracie, Junior, Mobster, Mort and Diamond on the schedule right now. Shoes is resting while the splint cools down. I tend to get three of them ridden a day and if anybody is left out it’s my own horse. Gracie, the lovely cleveland bay/tb, will head back to her owner the middle of April. She has come along so nicely and I can’t wait to follow her career.
I hope to do some eventing with my OWN horse 🙂 Kurt has been doing all of the riding on him and we go out trail riding 3-4 times a week with the babies. I was just laughing with my mom over how amazing Junior has turned out to be. I NEVER thought that he would turn out to be an absolute packer and that he would be the ultimate hubby’s horse but he sure has. He is a fantastic lead horse for all the babies and will go through any kind of footing, water, ditches, banks and he remains cool and calm even when the horses around him are being silly. He sure earns his keep!
I got a new saddle for him (for myself as Kurt has one for him) and rode him last night and just had fun. It’s nice to have a made horse to jump around on as I can focus on myself. He is a great horse to ride but he doesn’t have the sweet personality that the Tb’s do. He is more likely to run away from us in the field than to come up to us 🙂
Show season is right around the corner. I have been adding a bunch of stuff to the calendar paper chases, dressage shows, combined tests, jumper shows and events. Can’t wait to get out and about. Now the weather needs to warm up again and dry out!