Maesfen
Extremely Old Nag!
Have been looking at this a while and finally went to see her on Sunday! She's by Old Leighlin (ID x TB) who has had some very good eventers and is still hunting himself at nearly 20 years old, out of a Connemara JC pony that also did everything and was on PC teams and stuff. She's 5, is very overweight and hasn't seen a farrier since about Christmas so they need sorting out (you can't see them in the pic's and I'm not showing you until my farrier has been, lol!; has been sat on but done absolutely zilch, a complete blank canvas; she's also nearly 15 hands which is a hand bigger than I was told but that's a bonus! I have to admit to not liking her stable name so suggestions welcomed! ATM, I have Quill and Lacey hovering in mind and someone suggested Fergie as she's very portly!
This was what I saw on Sunday -
We collected her today which was quite exciting as she's never even been inside a trailer before let alone a box! At first, she didn't have a clue what to do, we weren't in the ideal place (completely open lawn with horses shouting just a yard away and dogs running around her back end!) so the dogs got put indoors, we fetched her dam out of the field and loaded her first. Even then, she was very suspicious and I had to lift each front foot for every step until we got the back ones on the ramp. Anyway, finally got her on, got the mare off and swung the partitions shut; que lots of shouting and ducking and diving so the ramp was up and we were down the drive like diving rabbits! Needless to say, lots of shouting and rolling from side to side for a while but once we got on the M5 it all went quiet and we hardly heard her the rest of the way home. Felt a bit sorry for her really as it must have been like another weaning for her as she's never left home before! Opened the ramp to be greeted by a sauna and she was totally dripping, it was running off her belly and eyebrows but after a bit of a leap of the ramp and she got her feet onto solid land again she cheered up. She hasn't seen a thing, she was even jumpy about me opening a gate and then the stable door but she went in her box easily enough and stood there snorting as if there were devils around, poor girl. Left her for a while to settle then went out to sponge her down and she loved the attention so while she was feeling settled I razored her mane too - I did NOT cut her topnotch or tail, they were already done but hopefully it won't take too long to grow out.
Anyway, this is her now tucking into some hay which she does not need at all but she needs a bit of comfort after her horrendous day.
This was what I saw on Sunday -
We collected her today which was quite exciting as she's never even been inside a trailer before let alone a box! At first, she didn't have a clue what to do, we weren't in the ideal place (completely open lawn with horses shouting just a yard away and dogs running around her back end!) so the dogs got put indoors, we fetched her dam out of the field and loaded her first. Even then, she was very suspicious and I had to lift each front foot for every step until we got the back ones on the ramp. Anyway, finally got her on, got the mare off and swung the partitions shut; que lots of shouting and ducking and diving so the ramp was up and we were down the drive like diving rabbits! Needless to say, lots of shouting and rolling from side to side for a while but once we got on the M5 it all went quiet and we hardly heard her the rest of the way home. Felt a bit sorry for her really as it must have been like another weaning for her as she's never left home before! Opened the ramp to be greeted by a sauna and she was totally dripping, it was running off her belly and eyebrows but after a bit of a leap of the ramp and she got her feet onto solid land again she cheered up. She hasn't seen a thing, she was even jumpy about me opening a gate and then the stable door but she went in her box easily enough and stood there snorting as if there were devils around, poor girl. Left her for a while to settle then went out to sponge her down and she loved the attention so while she was feeling settled I razored her mane too - I did NOT cut her topnotch or tail, they were already done but hopefully it won't take too long to grow out.
Anyway, this is her now tucking into some hay which she does not need at all but she needs a bit of comfort after her horrendous day.
