"Hi Carmen
I hope that you guys are doing well.
I just thought that I would drop you a line to tell you how well
Zara is doing. She has settled in with the others quite well now. I
have given her a haircut and have been banding her mane. She is
growing like a weed and has almost grown out of the halter that you
left for us.
She has such a sweet
and loving personality. When she sees me she comes to me even if she
might be across the field. She follows me around like a puppy dog.
There have been a few times when I have been out without her halter
and needing to get her I just let her follow me right into her
stall. She truly reminds me of the Bedouins (I know that I
misspelled that...spell check was no help either haha) stories of
horses sleeping in tents and watching over those that care for them.
I have never had or
really even been around a straight Egyptian before. I was really a
little worried about the stereotypical straight Egyptian. But she
has a great head on her. She is smart and she has never really
spooked at anything.
I have been working
with her a little on some halter. So smart she has picked it up
faster than any other that I have worked on. Although she does like
to creep...haha I have got to fix that.
Anyway sorry about the long email...just sitting on the porch
drinking coffee watching them in the paddock and thought that I
would send you an email to let you know how well she was doing.
Thank you for giving
us such a great opportunity to have such a truly wonderful horse. I
am so excited about her and can't wait to show her.
You have given me
such a wonderful opportunity with her and Santos. Santos is coming
along well too. I have been doing some collection exercises with him
trying to round him better. Also I have gotten his head up some. I
am so excited about having them and I think that they are going to
be a force in the ring.
Thanks so much again.
Jennifer"
When I left the horses I
missed them so much. I had always been intrigued with reining so I
got a couple of quarter horses to try my hand at reining and while I
love them and have had a great time with them they are just not the
same as the Arabs. Nothing makes that more evident than watching
them out in the pasture especially in the big field. Haha Santos has
a such a good time. He absolutely loves to run and play. He prances
around showing off letting everyone how pretty he is and now Zara is
right behind him. They literally run circles around the two quarter
horses. Haha
Santos is doing so well. I can't wait to show him hopefully next
year. He is still a little green but he is so consistent so I think
that he is ready for more advanced work. So I have really been
trying to work on his frame and collection to round him more. I
really think that he will be a great.
Hopefully I can get Zara ready to be shown next year too. She is
still such a baby so I have just been working on her a couple days a
week. She is so funny. She tries so hard to please.
They are both such a joy and I am so excited about both of them.
Yes I am so sorry that I missed your call I was cooking dinner and
the next time that I picked the phone up it was after nine when
Ellie had gone to bed. I thought that might be to late to call you
back. I have been cutting grass until about then for the past few
days. I have been trying to get everything cut before we get a
frost.
We did make it to the Music City Show. It was very disappointing. It
was very small with only a few decent horses there. It did help
though to be able to see some of the classes.
Look toward to talking to you.
