Horse Search Update, August 2023

Awareness of the outside world. The AEC starts today in Lexington. I do not plan to be in a good mood about this.

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tldr: Activity. No progress.

Barn Visit

Had a long, lovely, in-person chat with a barn owner/breeder. Nice horses. Alas, nothing even remotely suitable. At least not for many, many years.

Yelling Into The Abyss

Sent emails to two out-of-state barns.

Big name trainer. This one was a cold-call longshot. No response. Not hugely surprised.

Trainer we know on the acquaintance level. Confirmation then nothing.

Message Log

As before, my useful, all-purpose husband sent the contact messages. His record at this is better than mine.

We are interested in what you might have available/know about for sport horses and ponies.  My wife and I currently have two thoroughbreds in the backyard, one that is getting a bit long in the tooth, and starting to look for a new horse/pony.  Currently, she rides and I drive.  She would like to get back to jumping and some lower level eventing.  I’d like to be able to do 2-3 driving derbies/year and maybe a lower level CDE if possible.  

Not looking for anything specific. Mostly looking for a good match.

Exactly.

Why a pony or a cob? Aren’t I too big? Not by weight.

Best time I ever had on XC as on a 13.2 pony.

Also, as he added in another email:

(We are) Old enough now to not care about the horse/rider picture, but rather looking for something to have fun with.  

Exactly.

Horse Hunt Posts
Posted in 2022. No change.
[Status Of The Horse Hunt, Needle Pegged at Overwhelm]
[Horse Shopping, What I Am Looking For]
[Wondering If What I Want Is Really What I Want]

Onwards!
Katherine