The search

 I have been AWOL from blogs lately... my horse search has consumed most of my online time. It's exhausting. I posted a couple of times using Ted's Facebook account.... crickets. I had one reply, which wasn't a suitable  mount. 

So many people post that they have a quarter horse for sale, and then go on to say that they have lost the papers (how can so many people lose such an important document?) or say that the horse can be registered but then don't have all the paperwork to actually do the registering. So to me, there is no proof that the horse is what they say it is. And if you post that you want a mare, you get links to geldings.... (eyeroll.... there is no gender fluidity in horses!!!)

Eventually I put up a post that said, lets start a post for REGISTERED quarter horse MARES  and got a ton of response! 

I looked through all the ads, contacted several of the owners, but they were all near misses. Some were broke as a 2 yr old and not ridden since., some were cold backed (but only on the ground, not when ridden!.... uh huh....), one was in foal to a paint stallion (nothing against paints, just not what I personally want) and the majority of them were at least 2 grand above my budget. 

Timing is everything, not just in horse training - also in horse shopping. I realised I would have to buy sight unseen, but I am ok with that, I have done it several times.  I was checking a page for the forty-eleventh time and a new ad caught my eye. 

Oh by the way, did I mention how beautiful the fall colours are here this year? Even on a rainy morning. 

And did I also mention that Jayne and Beamer have things all sorted out and are happily sharing their grain with no fuss now?

All that will change soon....

because there will be a new member added to the herd in a couple of weeks!

This is Sophie, and I will have more details on her to share over the next week. Today I am battling with my bank account which isn't sending the etransfer payment, so naturally I am a bit on edge until that money is safely in their account and there is no way she will be back on the market. 

Stay tuned! 

The photo from her ad that made me instantly know she was my horse.