I didn't realise how broken hearted I am still am over Hope, I think about her every day and its been nearly 6 years since she died. Horses are hard, and terrifyingly poorly built.
I started looking for horses at the start of August, the first horse I saw I fell in love with. He was a baby leopard spotted Appaloosa and despite being completely inappropriate for my riding needs I signed up for him. He went lame before we picked him up and knowing that I couldn't afford the medical expenses I cancelled the contract.
The next horse I saw was a beautiful chocolate brown Standardbred called 'Bully' which was inappropriate considering his beautiful gentle temperament, who I also fell in love with immediately. We picked him up that day on the provisions of a trial. he was in bad condition with a mangy coat and I sensed something wasn't right with him so I got the vet check early and he too had a mystery lameness, heartbroken I cancelled the contract.
The next horse I looked at was an enormous absolutely stunning grey thoroughbred, who I also immediately fell in love with. I looked at two more horses that were absolutely gorgeous but I didn't click with them like I did with this guy. So I made an arrangement to pick him up.
Mums float wasnt working properly so we borrowed her friends, we hadn't even left their road when it was evidently not working properly either. We went straight to the tow place and they informed us that would need significant work and advised against driving to Ipswich with it. We rang a friend and asked to borrow her float but before the words came out she explained how her father had had a heart attack that morning and of course, we couldn't ask after that. We went back to get mums float and took it to the tow place and after an hour and a half they worked out that the problem was a squeaky spring in the tyre, but not before I had a complete melt down. Two hours later we were on our way to pick up beautiful Dell.
I have to admit that I am a little anxious of him, he's enormous and off the track only 2 months so he's going to be a bit unpredictable for a while. I've ridden him 5 times and each time he was perfect, he's afraid of puddles and ditches but I think he'll get over it pretty quickly when he trusts me.
Its so stupid and premature now but I worry about his future, if something doesn't work out and I need to find him a new home how can I guarantee he will always be safe? horses are a lifelong commitment because people can be such fucking assholes.
