02Dec 2015 by myexracer

Stutz AKA toots

Barn tales, OTTB
When i got the request i immediately said yes. After The Races needed a foster home for a baby horse. A 3 year old mare who needed a few month living out with other horses.  My two ladies are getting sick of just each other as only being the two of them at the farm is the smallest heard they've ever been in. So this was a good fit. A plan was made and a few days later Stutz was on her way to winter with Jezebel and Circe. She was very excited for the first couple of days. I kept her in the first night since she arrived late in the day and let her meet the girls over the fence. The next day she went for a hand…
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02Dec 2015 by myexracer

Framed Art Dot Com – Review

Review
When the good folks over at Framed Art reached out to me I was more then happy to review one of their products. Especially since my new farm house was so much bigger then my last place and I needed cool things to put up on the walls. I picked out a framed Mickey mouse art print with a single mat and a solid  black contemporary frame with an inner edge accent. The print I chose is called Mickey's Hobby Horse. In searching for a horse related print I found there were a plenty of options to chose from though being a girl who likes vintage I would have liked a few more vintage advertising options with horses, though their regular horse options were plentiful. From modern to classic art…
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03Nov 2015 by myexracer

Recheck surprise

Barn tales, Injury, Life with Jezebel, OTTB
[caption id="attachment_1824" align="alignleft" width="300"] First turn out in a week[/caption] It's been a full week so it was time for Jez's recheck. Dr Engle came out since he was the vet on call when we had our injury. Hes stuck with us for this injury! The plan was to unwrap her, cut the dead skin flap and put her back into regular turn out and work. Best laid plans.. cuz when he took the bandages off Jez had other plans. She was reattaching the skin flap that should have died off and growing skin. That wasn't supposed to happen because it was a downward facing flap. My Jezebel is a good little healer!! So new plan, bandage her up and wait another week. If shes not to crazy she can…
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27Oct 2015 by myexracer

Welcome home ponies

Injury, Life with Jezebel, OTTB
[caption id="attachment_1814" align="alignright" width="250"] Bloody mess[/caption] It started like any other morning. 7:30 Am and i'm out at the barn to feed. There was a freeze over night and the grass was white. Damn it! My weather app didn't say below freezing. Luckily my ponies are pretty fuzzy already. I threw some hay into the paddock and went to prepare their feed. Thats when I heard the noise. A deer had tried to jump over my the fence and got caught up in the high tensile. It made a terrible noise, I saw the deer get loose and run like her deer hair was caught on fire though my pasture all the way down to the trees at the end of the field. The horses heard it too and freaked…
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13Oct 2015 by myexracer

Finding the routine

Barn tales, OTTB
The girls have been home for a little over a week and all has been well. They seem to be settling in, i even saw Miss Jez taking a snooze in the sun in the field while The Circinator stood guard! Thats a very good sign they are feeling comfortable. Jezebels nerves are calming a bit and shes not as wild eyed as she was the first few days. Which makes me very happy. I haven't asked too much of them just letting them settle into their new routine. This is the only time its been just the 2 of them, so separation anxiety is always a concern. Both have spent some time in the barn on the cross ties. Circe went for a walk across the neighbors driveway. I…
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09Oct 2015 by myexracer

Bringing the girls home

Barn tales, Life with Circe, Life with Jezebel, OTTB
I brought my horses home. At first I was only going to bring Circe home as she was once again having training issues and feet issue. Poor Circe cant catch a break. Eventually after much thought I decided to bring both of the girls home. I wanted to keep Jez in training to help her realize her upper level potential but not at the expense of my partnership with her growing. I think the best way to forge our bond is to have her home as well.  They came home a few days ago. Loaded and unloaded easy and have been settling in. My better half and I spent 6 weeks gutting, cleaning out, leveling and matting the barn. I also had a paddock built, changed the fence line between…
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21Jun 2015 by myexracer

Barn Rats

Barn tales, Rant
[caption id="attachment_1778" align="alignleft" width="204"] Future Barn Rat[/caption] I was recently criticized for using the term "Barn Rat" I called myself (and others) barn rats in a blog post about about the woman who taught me to ride. I didn't come from money, in fact I grew up rather poor. I got a job when it wasn't even legal for me to work in order to buy a horse of my own. The barn rat route was what was available to me to learn everything I could about horses and maybe earn more ride time. I was kinda stumped at why offense would have been taken at the term barn rat and let me tell you LOTS of offense was taken. In an effort to educate those who might be clutching…
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