A New Home for Wilson

Nancy and Wilson

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 to his new home in Illinois.  I’m so very excited for him and his new owner.  I think they are a great fit!  I’ve included a photo of them from a few weeks ago when she was here to visit.  Congrats!

 

Spring Cleaning

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 a Flanders, but Ned seems to suit him well enough.

The vet was out yesterday and both Ned and Wilson (Sunny Thoughts) are good to go for work.  Wilson is going to stay with me for a while and we’ll see how things go.  He is a nice mover and seems to be a little nervous, but has a willing attitude.  I think he’s going to be a nice horse.  Ned is going up to another trainer in the Lafayette area to get some trail riding experience.  I think that will be really good for him.  He seems the “heavy hunter” type, so experience crossing water, getting out of the barn, and working hard will translate well to that.

In other FFI horse news, two of my previous foster horse’s Saribel Cruz (aka Flirt) and Soothe the Soul (aka Sully) have beend adopted!  This is wonderful news and we’re all really excited because both homes are fabulous.  Sully went to Pattie D., who has fostered him since August.  She recently realized that she just adored him way too much to ever see him leave her pasture.  Flirt was adopted by Nicole Pearson of Foxton Farm in Romney, IN.  Flirt will be added to Nicole’s line of personal show horses.  We’re very excited to watch Flirt blossom into a really nice show horse!

Jewel and I participated in our first show since her colic surgery nearly 3 years ago.  There have been a couple of other injuries since then that have prohibited her return to the show ring, but we finally did it.  AND, I’m really proud to say that we did pretty darned well!  Despite receiving 6 penalties in our First Level Test 1, we still earned a 64.4%, which was good enough for 2nd place.  We might just have finished in first had we actually ridden a clean test.  Despite my bobbles, I was really pleased and look forward to showing again in the near future.

 

Roxie’s Last Day

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 she not only has a great support system that is very familiar with Thoroughbreds, but she also has experience with horses who have quirky behaviors or issues (like her ears). I think all is well, but that doesn’t mean I don’t miss her just a bit. Here are a few pictures of Roxie starting life with her new mom!  I’m really looking forward to photos and stories of their experiences together throughout the future.

 

Wings Finds a Home

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.  Yay!

 

Roman’s New 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!