Life with Jezebel – Page 11

11Apr 2013 by myexracer

Fickle Finger Of Fate

[caption id="attachment_347" align="alignleft" width="300"] Scary operating room[/caption] I was told in emergency that my finger was going to need a pin. Its a triangular oblique break and goes though the knuckle. Okay umm yikes but i'll deal. I made the appointment with the orthopedist and a couple days later i was in the office ready for the pin ( whatever that means) well apparently what that means is more ex-rays and then i got hit with the smack down.. i needed surgery and since I'm uninsured ( hurry up Obama care!) i was going to have to pay upfront out of pocket and this was not going to be cheap. I needed actual surgery. A k-ware was needed to hold the break together while my finger mended. Of course was…

04Apr 2013 by myexracer

Shazam!

Barn tales, Injury, Life with Jezebel, OTTB, Vet

[caption id="attachment_340" align="alignleft" width="300"] Twitched for the block[/caption] They day after I got tossed into a fence and driven away by the EMTs on a backboard and neck brace a friend was going to lunge and maybe hop on my pony. Clearly she needed some work and i am pretty laid up. On the lunge it was clear my horse was lame, not off lame. it was the right hind. Ugh. So yesterday I met with my vet. We did a lameness exam, some flexation tests, she was found to have a very sore back and then it was decided to block the foot. Jez was being a real nasty brat and we had to twitch her to get that done. It revealed nothing she was still lame. Okay on…

02Apr 2013 by myexracer

Bronc Riding

Injury, Life with Jezebel, OTTB

I wasn't even going to ride, but it was so quiet that i decided why not. We had a successful trail ride the other day and even though spring was in the air and my horse was a touch cranky i though it a good idea to tack up the girl and put a few more miles on her. [caption id="attachment_333" align="alignright" width="300" caption="What bad horses look like"][/caption] She was a little Zoomy and very forward but i got her attention and we trotted adding in many circles, she settled in and i decided to canter her. She easily went into the canter but right away started to buck. What the hell! this was new, i felt like i was on a river rafting trip ans she bucked/cantered all the…

27Mar 2013 by myexracer

Boots, Bruises And Snow

Barn tales, Life with Jezebel, OTTB

[caption id="attachment_326" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="But that blade of grass tastes better!"][/caption] My girl got a stone bruise its taken a couple weeks to heal. Granted i am giving her extra time off because because i'm a little paranoid about it manifesting into a abscess (dodged a bullet on that one) while this resting of the bruised foot was occurring a semi private pasture became available. One of the barns long time boarders was leaving and his paddock mate being moved in with a couple other guys so he wouldn't be lonely. A friend and I lobbied for the new paddock and were lucky enough to get it so now Jez is in semi private turn out with Lilly. The two girls are like peas in a pd and get along…

01Mar 2013 by myexracer

Winter is a bitter mistress

Barn tales, Life with Jezebel, OTTB

[caption id="attachment_320" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Its cold mom!"][/caption] It's been a long time since I've written and not because nothing is happening. With work, and the bitter terrible winter cold (Yes, I'm being dramatic) I've been unmotivated to write. So an update is in order. Jezebel is wonderful and just as pretty as ever. Over the fall we had a really bad case of thrush with took her out for a while. It was the cause of her mystery lameness (after much searching) I found the best stuff to battle her persistent thrush was "Tomorrow" my vet wanted me to go the bleach route but that didn't seem to be doing the trick but the Tomorrow worked and eventually she got better and I was able to start riding her again.…

15Oct 2012 by myexracer

Let The Games Begin

Barn tales, Life with Jezebel, OTTB

[caption id="attachment_303" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Red=Kicker Pink=Awesome"][/caption] The horse farm where my pretty pony lives is a boarders only barn. This means that there are no school horses, lessons don't have the right away and every one has equal access to the facilities. Most people are pleasure riders, with a few eventers, a few judge trail riders and a couple of show jumpers thrown in for good measure. It's a pretty good group of laid back friendly people. My farm puts on a games day once in a while. Which is basically a judged obstacle course. It was open to the whole barn and about 15 of us decided to participate. It was to take place in the our door arena (weather permitting) and there were to be 20 obstacles to…

03Oct 2012 by myexracer

Tag-A-Long

Life with Jezebel, Off Farm, OTTB

[caption id="attachment_295" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Yum, Grass"][/caption] The opportunity came up to take my girl off farm. A new girl at my barn is a show rider. By girl I mean shes 12. She;s my new buddy at the barn, we hang out, compare our taste in bright pink tack and talk horses and school. She reminds me of my sister who I miss as they are almost exactly the same age. She's a talented hunter/jumper with an adorable 14.2 black pony named Beauty. She goes to shows about once a month and her mother who is at the barn with her every afternoon offered to let us tag along to a show so Jezebel could gain some experience going off farm. My girl being an ex racer trailered I'm sure…

21Sep 2012 by myexracer

Big Boned

Life with Jezebel, OTTB

[caption id="attachment_290" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="looking for food, no doubt"][/caption] My horse is fat! First my barn manager mentions she thinks shes getting fat, then another boarder who is also a vet said and I quote "wow she sure lost her race horse physique" so yeah shes off the hay stretcher now, cuz yanno... fat. Fat and happy though... she's a very happy horse.

29Aug 2012 by myexracer

The Verdict Is In

Life with Jezebel

[caption id="attachment_283" align="alignleft" width="259" caption="My hand has skin on it "][/caption] It's official I have a tear in my distal IP joint ligament, let me rephrase that I have a tear in THREE of my distal IP joint ligaments. Or as it's more commonly known, a finger sprain. Only I have three finger sprains. It happened when I got pitched into the fence off my pony. I dont remember falling on my hand or anything (only my ass) but it might have gotten caught up in my reins. It;s been about two weeks and though its getting better its still quite painful, especially if try to write using a pen. My first second and third fingers on my right hand hurt and they hurt a lot. Good news... my pinkie…

16Aug 2012 by myexracer

Man Down!

Life with Jezebel, OTTB

[caption id="attachment_278" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="My little pony"][/caption] It started out like any other day, my pony was a little more excitable then normal. In fact she was a lot more excitable then normal. One of the guys that works on my farm told me that my girl was acting "different" I asked him what did he mean different? He responded "well that's better then saying weird" Okay so my girl was acting more weird then normal. She was more agitated, she was talking a whole lot and i was told that on turn out two days in a row my normally calm girl tried to break away from her handler and run to the field. Yikes. I thought i would just keep my eye on her see if i could…

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