Winter, Water, Worries!

Do your parents like to wake up to a hot cup of coffee in the morning? Since horses don't drink coffee (that would be downright silly!) the first thing I do after I open my eyes to the morning sun is head over to my waterer and get a nice cool drink.  But as I was going through my daily routine the other morning, I realized something wasn't quite right...my liquid sustenance was missing! So I started searching for it. I pushed my waterer around with my nose to see if maybe it was underneath, but when I realized there was no way to move the waterer around on my own, I had to bring in some backup.  I saw one of my caretakers nearby and yelled, "Hey, can you help me move this thing? I think my water is trapped underneath!" (or at least that's what it seemed like to me and the other horses!) I don't think the caretaker understood what I was saying, but I got her attention nonetheless.  Thanks to a little handy work on the well pump, the bowl was filled to the brim with sparkling clean water which I slurped up like a dry sponge! With my thirst quenched, I continued on with my day as usual (mostly eating and napping), but I'll never forget how nervous I was at the thought of not having water to drink!

New Year and Birthday Celebration!

Hi Friends!

I hope everyone had a happy New Year!  It was hard for an old guy like me to stay up past my bedtime to celebrate, but I was told that the horses were getting pretty rambunctious around midnight!  Of course they were excited about the turning of the New Year, but January 1^st holds a special place in many of our big horsey hearts.  Can you guess why?  I’ll give you a hint…it has something to do with horse racing and many other breeds of horses that compete!