Horsing Around

Last week, I was able to spend a day with my cousin, Kim... This is how it went...

After watching Secretariat the night before and saturating my mind with the thoughts of horses, and how I missed mine... I woke to a freezing cold morning and hurriedly walked into the kitchen. Days seem to start early here, as Kim had already fed the horses (which I was sad to say, I was sleeping, and I missed it). She was hungry, so she made a quick breakfast. I ate my eggs, over medium, and "bundled up" in what I had hoped to be warm enough.

She had to take three of the horses to get refitted (reshoed). So, off to the barn we headed, walking, as the wind cut right through my NYU sweatshirt I had on, not to mention my yoga pants. No, I didn't watch the weather, and had no idea it was going to be that cold... nor did I think I would be out in it if it was. :)

Kim opened the trailer that was hooked to Alex's truck, and led the horses one-by-one into their sectioned stalls on the trailer. While she was doing this... I was watching one cat play with the dog, and was petting the other cat on the shelf across from the stalls she was getting the horses from. Woo hoo. No, I wasn't doing much, but I really didn't know what to do. After the horses were loaded, we headed to the vet (where she works part time) to meet the guy doing the refitting. Cold, again. Still.

I did get to walk them (well, two of them) to the fence where we tied them up. She straightened their blankets to take a bit of the chill off since they had to stand out there, and we headed to the office. I met some personnel, and saw a tail block given. Kim stood there, freezing, while the horses were refitted. Only two of the three were finished that day. And Kim had to stand there, and help hold the horse still after the sedative was given to them to not freak out.

I got tired (and cold) of standing there, so I went back to truck and got my camera. Figured I could take some photos of something there... so I took some of the guy putting the shoes on the horses... and then I walked down and saw the baby horses... so cute.