The New Man in My Life :)

charlyan

charlyan

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In October 2012, I tragically lost my horse of a lifetime to colic and although I still had his companion- my semi retired tbx Smithie, who is my best friend and who got me through- I sort of lost my mojo for riding and I didn't think I would find another horse that had that something special, ever again. I occasionally browsed the for sale sites but nothing jumped out at me until....

....May 2014, when I saw an advert for an unusual American Saddlebred x Welsh D gelding (by Premier Color) advertised. I dithered for a while and eventually discussed his advert with the lovely lady who bred the horse I had lost. She talked me into making contact. Howie was in the Northwest of England- over 500miles away from me and arranging to travel to view him was no easy task from Shetland! It took 3 months before I got to go and meet him (his owner very kindly withdrew his advert until I could meet him as she says she had a good feeling about me) but I got to spend 7 hours on the yard with them and Howie and I decided we kinda liked each other. He arrived in Shetland 3 weeks ago and has not put a hoof wrong since. He is cheeky, OTT, playful and very in your face (typical Saddlebred!) but he has a heart of gold and is a dream to handle and ride. He has rekindled my love of riding and my little horse family is back to how it once was- I am truly blessed :)

Meet Spellbound Howdee.....







 
Thank you all :)
I keep pinching myself as I really had felt that I wasn't going to get back to having a riding bug. Smith has spavins and although he is sound, I am wary of asking too much of him as he would always give 110% at cost to himself without question. Howie has given me the kick up the bum that I needed :D
He is a bit green as he was only broken in at 6 (he is 9 now) as a western horse but has done a fair bit of English riding too. He is opinionated and a bit spooky but always kind. There will be challenges but he is here for life. He feels like an old pair of slippers already :)
 
Regandal said:
He is lovely, is his tail all white? My friend has recently moved up to Shetland with her horse and is loving it.
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He has a flash of black through his tail too but it's not obvious :)
Wow, small world- chances are that your friend and I will cross paths at some point, there aren't many horses up here (approx. 100-150) :) It is a beautiful part of the world too :)

You can see it better here...
 
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