Loved

Thank you all for your support during this time, it means a lot! I know that we obviously chose to sell Limerick, but I still couldn't contain myself in the days before he left... I was a total wreck. Hillary was there for me through it all and I don't know what I would do without her <3

Just to catch you all up with everything that is going on... First, Limerick left on Monday to be sold. Seeing him walk onto the trailer and pull away from the farm was the hardest part. I was not sure when exactly he would leave (the hauling company said any time on Monday or Tuesday), so I went ahead and scheduled a lesson on my trainer's horse for 12:00 on Monday. Wouldn't you know, the hauling company called Sunday night and told us that they would pick Lim up at 11:00 the next morning. Impeccable timing. I decided to go out to the farm early so that I could start getting both boys ready before I had to say goodbye to Limmers. At about 10:30, I decided that I wanted to take Limerick out and let him graze on the yummy KY grass one last time. Right as I was getting ready to attach his lead rope, I heard the ominous sounds of a large rig pulling into the parking lot... the driver was 20+ minutes early. Cue the water works :( I managed to hold it together well enough to call my mom, sign some papers, and load him onto the trailer, though I think the poor Brook Ledge man was probably scarred by the whole experience and definitely concerned for my wellbeing (haha).

Probably the last time I'll ever see this sweet face :((

Following that terrible-ness, I went back into the barn to get Stormy ready, AKA The Perfect Storm. And perfect, he is! E's youngest daughter rides and competes him at training level, and he's a total saint. He definitely has the potential for some pep, but he mostly jumps anything and everything you point him at without question. He's calm/easy/relaxed, he thinks things through, he's a great jumper, and he's exactly what I want in a horse. My trainer of course knew this, hence why I had two lessons on him this week!! These videos are from the first lesson:

We had to re-do the barrel jump because of our slight wobble in the first video... He's so darn eager that he locked on to the wrong fence!

Stormy on a hack 

Meet Stormy! I wish I could just buy him....

In other news, I'm trying a few horses next week. I will post about each one after I see them, but here are the preliminary details that I have gathered:

Candidate A:

• "Jekyll"
• Canadian TB
• 12 years old
• 17.1 hands
• Currently leased by a beginner
• Packer

Jek

Candidate B:

• "Liam"
• 16.2 hands
• OTTB
• Quiet/easy to jump

Candidate C:

• More info to come