We got about 6 inches of snow yesterday, but the sun is shining brightly now. That is a welcome in the winter. Usually, it is really dreary here. The high amount of cloudy days in this area, is one of the reasons the govt. built the big arsenal during WWII, not too far from here. It is defunct now and a haven for a large herd of deer. They do allow hunts there and I thought, what a great place it would be to ride.
My friend, Judy who has the Appaloosas, has not done much showing with them this year. She and her husband both are retired from GM and have lost a lot of benefits. That put a lot of burden on their finances. They have been trying to sell a few, but no luck so far.
Their trainer went to the World Show and said that the sale horses were selling at very low prices, even for champions. The last sale we went to, some horse didn't get a $50 bid!
The sunshine sure does help doesn’t it? Thick fog here this am so a long slow drive into work.
The horse economy out here is terrible. Horses can’t even be given away right now. I’m sorry for Judy and her husband - taking a hit on income at retirement is awful. I don’t know if she knows Black Horse Ranch here in Nevada. The lady that owns it has terminal cancer and is selling all of her horses at bargain basement prices. She’s the one who has The Quest.
I’ve been worried about three batchlor stallions that have been hanging out in our neighborhood for over a year. One is badly coon footed, one seems to be a mustang adopted and then turned loose again, and the leader is a big blaze faced bay that seems to take care of the other two. I saw the tracks of the crippled one after our 12” of snow and minus 18’ temps, going down the fence lines trying to find a way into a yard, any yard it seems here on the street. I ended up crying and asking God to watch over the three and keep them safe. Found out yesterday that someone I know has put out a heated water trough for them and is feeding them hay. And the three have become four - Blaze has adopted a little mare that was hit by a car. She and her filly were hit, the filly had a broken leg and had to be put down but it looks like the mare will be okay. Anyway, very cool answer to a prayer I think.