Stay-cation

Ma has been gone for two days now. Yay! Pippen says I am on a "Stay-cation" whatever that means. I've had two glorious days of helping reduce the hay roll to nothing. We are tearing it up!!

Anyhowz, Ma had a nice girl come out and take pictures of me while Ma and I did our workout. She was really nice. She hung with me in my condo and told me her name was Lacy! She had teal hair! She wants to take pictures as a job. Her brand is LNB Photo. Ma said she took great pictures. She showed me a few and I must say, I am a good lookin guy! We have big reflector thingies in our arena and I like to look at me when we go by.

Here are a few of the pictures Ms. Lacy took. Yall enjoy! Ma will be home tomorrow night. Hope she doesn't see that I wrote on here without her!

The "New Slady"

Hey guys! So let me tell you about my morning. So there I am, grazing with Pippen and I see my mom coming to get me. I considered wandering off to the hay roll just to see how badly she wanted to catch me but then I noticed she had something in her hand. She put the leather thingy on my head and lead me back up to the barn. Once in the barn, she sprayed the evil smelling stuff on me that she swears keeps flies away but it just makes me stink! I hate that stuff... Anyway, she was talking about a "New Slady" coming to talk to me. She continued to brush all the dirt off of me. I worked hard to put that dirt there! She does it every time!!

 

Anyway, the New Slady came out with this black boxy thing. She kept pointing it at me and Ma. She started asking a bunch of questions to Ma and I heard her say my name a few times. Something about a makeover and Kentucky and dressage. Not sure what any of that means but she seemed excited so it should be fun! Ma kept giving me cookies so I thought I'd look cute and paw at the ground while she was talking to the New Slady. I got bored while they were talking so I started trying to do a dance in the aisle but Ma didn't like it so much. The New Slady pointed the boxy thing at me some more and Ma took me back to the pasture. I trotted away to play with Pippen and Mo. After a while the New Slady left and Ma walked out to tell me that I was going to be on TV. What is TV? So many new things, I guess I'll find out later.

Oh! Here's Ma! Gotta go!


Hey there! It wasn't a New Slady that came out today. It was a News Lady, from WTXL 27. Scotty and I will be on the news tonight at 5:30!! Watch for us!!

Here is the Web version!

http://www.wtxl.com/news/former-race-horse-gets-second-chance/article_3317572c-d4e9-11e5-98fc-8bba1ef202ea.html

The Chosen One!

At 8:30 this morning, the Retired Racehorse Project released the competitors list for the 2016 Thoroughbred Makeover. I am ecstatic to see that I made the list!

The horse I will be competing is a 5 year old gelding that we call Scotty. His JC name is "Hope At Last." His last race was on June 13, 2015 in Delaware where he placed 7th. He placed first in a race on May 22, 2015 in Grantville Pennsylvania. He was acquired through a sale ad that was posted to Facebook and seen by my friend and boarder, Holly Lawson. Lawson convinced me to drive over to Jacksonville to take a look at him as we had nothing else to do that day except go on an Equine Adventure. As soon as his blanket was pulled I knew he was the one I wanted.

Scotty has such a good brain. I've ridden him a grand total of 6 times and he has been nothing but sweet and attentive. He learns quickly and responds to the slightest aid. I have high hopes for this little guy! We have begun with lunging. He is lunged before each ride so he can get any ya-yas out and focus on what I'm asking. He walks and halts like an old pro and is getting the idea of steering down. Small amounts of trotting have been introduced and he's understanding that we don't have to go a million miles per hour! A nice steady pace is starting to develop.

Here are a few words from Scotty himself:

Hi guys! I was born in Pennsylvania during a snowstorm but now I live in sunny Florida!! My new farm has big pastures and big stalls for me to play in and sleep in. Standing in the cross ties has become a fun activity! Standing still equals cookies! Wow!!  I have four pasture buddies - Kai is my bestest friend. We are stall neighbors. Macho is the old geezer who just hangs out. I try to play with him but he just tells me to get off his lawn. Mo is a thoroughbred like me! He belongs to a teenage girl who takes him places that he calls "Events". He's gone for a few days at a time but I don't mind. He is the alpha in our field so I have to follow his rules. Pippen is a big guy! My new mom likes to see us together so she can say "Hey! It's Scotty Pippen!!" I don't know who that is but they've got good names!! My mom tells me I'm a good boy all the time. She showed me something called a "Mirror" and it shows ME!! I'm a good lookin guy! I like to look at myself in the mirror when I pass by. Mom likes to take pictures of us in the mirror. She says it looks neat. We do lots of things together, me and mom. We go for walks down the road, ride in the arena and we hang out together in the barn. She seems like a nice lady. All the other horses say so. Well I gotta go, Pippen has a primo spot at the hay roll!! Here's a picture of me and Pippen.

Tune in next week for an update on "Hope At Last"!!