Bilingual or Bust

It has been a while since my last post and I can say I have been keeping busy with exciting ventures, new horses, and a lot of hard work. Today I want to bring you an update, talk about a breed I am passionate about, and talk about the learning curve I am beginning to understand in training the off the track Standardbred.

I have had the exciting opportunity to partner with New Vocations and retrain two Standardbreds that are looking for a new careers and new homes. My cute bay projects arrived the early part of October and I have enjoyed every second of working with them both. Brewski is a 6 year old mare and raced as a pacer. Baby Boy Grin is a 10 year old gelding that raced as a trotter. If you have followed my blog for any period of time you know, I have worked with Standardbreds in the past, but these two posed a new challenge I was excited to tackle. Although I have worked with many different breeds and horses off of the track, Brewski and Baby were my first off the track Standardbreds. Typical to the Standardbred mentality, Brewski and Baby took everything I asked in stride. Baby's work ethic was incredible to me, due to his work mentality he made nearly half a million dollars as a race horse! His lengthy track record has him so well broke to driving it was interesting to watch him question what I was asking of him as he transitioned undersaddle. He desired to please me but truly believed what I was asking was wrong! Sitting on his back and wrapping my long legs around him was like speaking Japanese to a English speaking American. I am thankful Baby picked up working undersaddle much faster than it would take me to learn Japanese! Once Baby and Brewski settled into a less rigorous schedule than they were used to at the track they both started to blossom. Brewski loved walking out on the trails and Baby even learned to herd some chickens!

Brewski and Baby were posted on the New Vocations website availible for adoption on Thursday. Brewski was quickly adopted and went to her new home Saturday! Baby is still available for adoption and would make a great horse for someone looking to pleasure ride at home, on the trails, or even compete in pleasure classes!   For more information and videos on Baby follow the link below.

http://www.horseadoption.com/horseprofiles/baby-boy-grin/

In other news, we welcomed a new member to the family this weekend. Roo is a 7 year old Sweetish Warmblood that will become my new jumper! I am very excited for his future and cannot wait to see where the two of us end up!

I wish you all a very happy and restful Thanksgiving!