My Old Kentucky Home

Today we started by meeting all the critters at Marian's brilliant farm, and showing me what Mo, a sweet TB, eats so I could feed him in the mornings. Then Marian took me on an amazing tour of farms and historic buildings. First, she took me to meet Mary, who is one of the farm owners hosting some of the horses for the USPC WEG team. She was very kind and her dog, Hogan was very excited to greet us.

Then it was off to the hunt club, a restored old mill that was just amazing. The outside was red like our main barn although the inside was a one of a kind. It was all beautiful wood. The floors were nicely laid wood planks, stained and oiled, and the ceiling was wood beams that were amazing. It was two stories tall, complete with ropes to drop from the windows as a fire escape. Being a mill, it was right on the river. It also had a club swimming pool. Then right across the street was a house and the kennels for the hounds, plus a huge barn that used to be used for the hunt horses.

After are tour Marian took me to Cathy's farm (Fox and Feathers Farm) where Kanobi was going to stay. Cathy was so nice and has an amazing way with her horses. Her barn is really neat (it is a big barn, 10 stalls + tack and feed rooms and x-ties with amazing lighting). She introduced me to the horses and then she went back to work. I knew she had a lot to do, so I tried to give her her a hand the best I could. Then we put Lieutenant, a chestnut with a blaze and 3 tall socks, in the jump chute and she jumped him around. He just got better and better. She then took me to the house and made me a delicious turkey sandwich, and allowed me to stay in her cool, air conditioned house to wait for Kanobi while she went to the store. I greatly appreciated it!

It was 2:45pm when Kanobi finally arrived. He looked great (not phased at all by the trip). I took off his boots and put him in the field where he enjoyed just trotting around then reared straight up and did 4 big hops on his back legs. He loved not being cooped up after 24 hours of hauling. Then I brought him out and gave him a shower and a vetrolin bath, and took him back to the field. After a bit, I put him in the stall that Cathy had helped me get ready for him. He took a good long roll (3 times) and was cover from head to keg shoe in shavings, but completely happy and settled in. Then when the other horses went out for the night on the field, Kanobi wanted to go too! (If you know Kanobi, he might just jump out!) So, Cathy was kind enough to put him back out for me since Marian and I had already left. That was just what he wanted, happy again.

On our way home we went to the grocery store and bought some food. For dinner we had pizza (for some reason I was craving pizza!) Between the two of us, we burnt it……but once you got past the smoke pouring out of the oven and the chiseling it took to get a piece off the pan, it was actually quite delicious! Ok, all for tonight, thanks so much to everyone back home, hope its cooler for you, you’re the best!