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| Pippa |
Happy Christmas!!
I hope wherever you are you're having a lovely day.
I thought I'd introduce you to my horses - none are with me physically, but they all have a big space in my heart.
When I was a kid, I was horse-mad, but I lived in the city and couldn't have a horse. I promised that one day I'd leave home and live in the country and own a horse.At 23, I did that.
Pippa was my first horse and I loved her dearly. She was given to me at Pony Club by a family who she wasn't suited to. I had her for a couple of years and I learned to ride on her (well, no, I learned to ride on a friend's pony first, then progressed to Pip who was a little flighty!).
Pippa had cancer and died, which left me traumatised and horse-free for a couple of years... but I succumbed!
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| Kori |
I decided I was cursed and there'd be no more horses. About 10 years later, my husband bought me Laurie.
Laurie was an ex-racehorse, not long off the track. Oh boy. I may have killed two horses...but I was sure Laurie would kill me. It wasn't that he was crazy...it was just that I was out of practice and a racehorse relies on confidence. I didn't have it. But I had him at home for a few months and as you can see in the photo down the bottom, he enjoyed being with my dogs! And then we were moving...
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| Laurie |
And now, about eight years later, my Dad and I own half a tail of a racehorse. She's no Black Caviar (yet) but a country racehorse. We went to see her at her first run and this is she, Sue. Pretty, isn't she? I'm hoping that she'll be a lot of fun.
It's a bit of a dream come true...not only to own horses, but now a share in a racehorse.
Are you horsey?
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| Family Dinner with Laurie |
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| Sue |
I was horsey, and my sister still is. My sister and I really bonded when she found a starving, neglected ex-pacer in a paddock and we bought her and reschooled her and loved her up until she was beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteMind you, I once also fractured a neck vertebrae when I came off at a gallop, and my sister has broken her wrist loading a horse onto a float, so owning horses can be a wee bit more dangerous than owning a cat or dog!
Oh, no wonder your sister does so many horse drawings then. Glad you guys are horsey too.
DeleteI broke my finger with Laurie and copped a good kick in the stomach. Pippa and I had a lot of tumbles, one where I was pretty concussed. I don't think I came off Kori. And Sue, well, she's turfed off a few track work riders and jockeys causing breaks. So, yeah, not the safest pet. Nor the easiest to get to a vet.
Thanks, Rhyll. Happy Christmas.
Cate xox
I was like you as a girl. Absolutely horse mad. I never had a horse of my own though. We were townies, and we also didn't have the money to have a horse when I was little. Luckily, mum did manage to get riding lessons for me, and then a lady whose children had grown older and didn't care about horses anymore, found herself with extra horses that weren't getting ridden. So I used to go to this lady's place every Sunday for years and years.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear about the beautiful pony who put his leg in the fence!
I would *LOVE* to own half a tail of a racehorse. That is so exciting. Good luck with Sue. What is her racing name? Just so I can bet on her and win my fortune!
I knew you and Rhyll would be horsey!
DeleteHow awesome you got to learn to ride as a kid. What a great Sunday thing to do.
I'll let you know how Sue goes.
Cate xo