Horse Crazy

(4 yr old, well broke blue roan mare, decent breeding, $6500)

This blog is suppose to be about the Adventures of a Horse Crazed Mind, right? Horse Crazed? That sounds about right.... Adventures of... well that part is a little lacking at the moment because, in case anyone has failed to notice, there is a marked lack of horses in my life...which makes having adventures to share a trifle difficult....

You see...

I DO NOT HAVE A FREAKIN' HORSE!!!

Okay, so that is not entirely true. I own Abby but I wont have her under my care until the Fall of 2010, for goodness sakes that hardly counts! I am going freakin' mental! Horse crazed is suppose to mean that I am crazy about horses, not that horses are driving me crazy! 'Cause right now, horses (or the lack thereof) are driving me freakin' crazy, people!!

(8 yr old, red dun mare, very well broke, Lean With Me breeding, $3000)

You see, I managed to get through the winter without a horse and without riding. I was going through a very serious funk and was having a bit of a "quarter-life-crisis" (reassessing my life and making some BIG changes) and well, I just had such a miss mash of things going on in my brain that I didn't have any room left to feel the acute lack of horses in my life. That is not entirely true, I did feel it, but it just wasn't the most important part of my suddenly scary and a little overwhelming universe. But now things are looking up...I am "getting it together", I am starting to feel in control again and like the future is a nice bright and sunny place that I want to ride into........preferably on horseback, thanks.

(2yr old, green broke, Hollywood Dun It bred mare, $1300 OBO)

Then last week I was able to go for a ride. I knew I shouldn't go, because it was going to turn that itch (that up until then I had almost been able to ignore) into an all out crazed... fevered... just-stepped-on-an-ant-hill kinda frenzied itch to get riding again... but I went, and sure enough, as result, I have been completely and totally obsessed with getting a horse again, just about every hour since.

(8 yr old, finished cattle penning mare, red dun, $5500)

Now, there is a reason why I sent Abby on a free lease and why I decided that I DID NOT need to own a horse at this stage of my life. I told myself that I'd just have to make do with lessons and the occasional trail ride with a friend....I needed to focus on other things like writing and school... I'd tell myself "in life, you cant have everything you want all the time! Get over it!" But for the past week I've been obsessed with looking at horses online. Even writing this blog has stopped being a welcome distraction. I am cant stop lamenting over the concept of owning a horse again.

(3 yr old, broke gelding, my trainer has for sale, $5000 obo)

Now... some of you might suggest that I look at other options.... I could look at a short term free lease or take 2 lessons a week....but..... (I know this is going to sound horribly spoiled) it is just not the same thing as owning your own horse! Because spending time with him/her and enjoying that bond, connecting with their "spirit" and caring for them is just as important to me as riding.

(6 yr. old well broke, decently bred cow horse mare $3800)

So there is my rant for today. I know, for a fact, that buying a horse right now is not the best option for my future. I have to stay focused on what is important in the long term...

But I want a horse.

So bad it hurts.

C'est la vie!

(GORGEOUS!!! 2 yr old filly with 10 rides, by Chex Nu Jewel $5500 sold)

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Btw, I am sorry I did not get back to the "Simple Math Weight Loss" post. I actually have it 90% written but have been lost in a book these past few days (that I am REALLY excited about sharing with you all) and just haven't gotten to it...and then was going to finish it this morning but needed to have my spoiled little temper tantrum instead. Tomorrow, my friends.

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Update:


Now you'll have me going and I have to post more of my likes!!! Keeping in mind that... IF (And that is a HUGE "IF"!!) I get another horse, I really cant afford to spend much...and that is not even my definition of "much" (which previously my definition of cheap would be 6500+) ...I am talking $2500-3000!!! .... with that being said, I absolutely believe that you get what you pay for in a horse and that you have to sacrifice certain things (breeding, age, color, reg., and "pretty" (not correct, just the pretty factor) in order to get something broke for less money. In this economy, I think I can get something decent to trail ride on and fart around in the arena with for that kind of money but I just have to keep my "taste" locked up (padlocked, double key, and barb wire)....


AND...I REALLY want to take a horse on a 30 day trial. The last thing in the world I want is a horse with "issues". No "broken wing horses" need apply!! And I just dont see how I can "try" a horse for a hour and then buy them with any kind of faith that I am getting something good. Also, with the Canadian dollar, any US horse I look at I have to figure in about 35% extra money (20 for the exchange and 15 for taxes, plus the cross border issue makes a trial much more difficult. SO, I really need to look at horses in BC that are local, something that I have NEVER done because I hate the local gossip that comes with a local horse, and the selection sucks! All of this is on top of the BIG fat IF I even get another horse, or IF, on top of everything else I want to do (NEED to do!!) I can even afford that!


So... of the above horse, not one of them is local. Here are a few local horses that are nothing I'd usually look at but have none-the-less made their way into my favorite folder because they are local and I could take either of them on trail....



A big (16H) hairy broke 10 year old grulla gelding that looks nasty in these pics but I think might actually show some promise (behind bad camera angles and a lot of hair).

9 yr old dun mare, very well broke, Poco bred, $3500


This is a nice mare, a little green but very nicely mannered that a really nice lady I know owns. She is actually WP bred and a good option for me but I just cant work up the interest in her because she is not my "type"... (turn the volume off!!)