A big step in a new life.

Donna Rubina our most expensive and champion brood mare has decided that mother hood is not for her! At least not yet.  Several rounds of breeding and no pregnancy, so since I am allergic to horses who stand around doing nothing, we brought her up and have started bringing her back into work.  She seems to be sound and after a week or so of lunging and long reining April hopped up. Her comment; “WOW what a lovely horse”,  she’s a huge mare, way too big for either April or myself, but she is so soft, sensitive and well balanced that she is easy to to ride. April has had a blast riding her in the indoor.

BUT as many of you know I am also allergic to horses who can’t go on trail rides, and it is so much healthier for them mentally and physically if they can go for at least trail walks. So Donna R. went on her first trail walk to day.  Xavoy was happy to be her gentleman companion and protect her for all the big scary monsters out there, and we walked up the drive to the house and around the big field and then home. Donna R. was very sensible and calm, she got worried a few times but having Xavoy there reassured her and she walked easily beside him.

We had a very pleasant uneventful trail walk, hopefully the first of many, it’s going to be a long road back to fitness for Donna R. since she has not been ridden for 2 years, but the trails are the best way to do it. and she seemed to enjoy it.

Maybe with time she will decide to reconsider the motherhood thing and I will probably look into the costs of Embryo Transfer for her for next year.

But she has made a big step in her new life!

MW