suprises!

[aimee]

OMG!

(Was gonna stick this in YH, but I'd rather do it here now:D)

So went to the yard saturday morning as usual with my boyfriend for our weekend hack. As we drove in I noticed that the trailer had been moved...nothing too suprising as they are always getting furniture and things off Freecycle that they have to pick up in the trailer...So walked over to stables and there was a Beautiful Haflinger mare looking over the stable door! OMG I am sooo in love! Phoned up my boyfriends mum for details but it turns out she hasn't brought it She is just re training it for a friend as she had a foal last year and has not been in work since, and then she asked if I would help ride her!!! ;DSooo excited! They are one of my fave breeds and have never seen a proper haffy up close let alone ridden one...she is meant to be really bolshy and a right madam to ride (hence owners not wanting to do it!) But she is sooo beautiful that just I dont care!

Will get pics, tried today but as she is in stable it was too dark!

Then, another shock...Noticed that Eviee (the little sec A) was gone from the field...started major panic mode and was legging it up to the woods at back of field in case she had escaped into them, when my phone goes again...
"Oh forgot to mention Eviee has been sent off to stud!"
OMG again...a section A foal?....major cuteness! Cant waaaait! ;D

OK...Phew, crazy post over

(loving all the smilies by the way!) (Oh, and was this the right place to put this post?)

[gnuton]

Aimee, your trip is fast approaching. My offers still stand. I'd love to be able to do something for you but I totally understand the pressures of trying to fit too many things into too short of a time.

[zoon]

gnuton - that souned rather like one of those cryptic messages people give over the phone when they are afraid it is bugged!

[ceej]

it does doesnt it!!!

crackle crackle...code...name....crazy...mare...crackle crackle...

[gnuton]

I just re-read that and you're right. It does sound cryptic

Aimee is coming to Canada for a visit and I'm hoping she'll be able to find time to come and go riding with me.

[Maes Seren]

Lucky in both respects then, getting a trip over to Canada, and getting to ride another horse too!

Im not a fan of haffies though, ive been decked one too many times by them. That and double barrelled!

[gnuton]

What do you mean by 'decked' and 'double barrelled?

[salexis]

i'm guessing decked = hit the floor (fell off) and double baralled is the horse kicking out both back legs and hitting you square on.

neither very nice, if pushed to choose i think i would prefer the first....

my mare got double baralled by a hefty cob last summer right in the chest, it was awful and she was off work for weeks

[gnuton]

ouch! when I was a young, agile teenager I worked at a riding stable for the summer. People would come out for a trail ride and I was one of the guides.

We had one horse who was very ornery and he double barreled me right on the pelvic area. I gave him a very wide berth after that.