Her mare, also a TB, is the same age as Rain. Incidentally, her mare and my mare were both up for auction at the 2008 Arizona Thoroughbred Breeders Association sale as yearlings. Her mare was bred by the University of Arizona (from where Bonnie and I both graduated), and one of about 8 yearlings they took to the sale. Her mare, Gabby, was a no-sale, having received no bids. She was offered to Bonnie by the UA Equine program director for something like $350.00. She went home with Bonnie.
Rain was bred by the Vaughn-Calvert Ranch in another part of the state. She was one of something like 3 yearlings to go through the sale for that ranch. Rain had a reserve bid on her (which I haven't been able to find). Rain also no-saled. I haven't been able to find out if she received any bids at all, or simply no bid ever reached the reserve set by the seller.
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| Rain and I on the left, Bonnie on Gabby on the right. |
The girls were good tonight, and we had fun wandering around and talking and half-hearted schooling. My fiance CJ stopped by, and we coerced him into taking some video. As self-conscious as it might make you, taking video and reviewing it is a great way to analyze where you're at. We circle to the left OK, and then fall apart to the right. I need to get my hands out of my flipping crotch and get my legs back. As we come around that circle to the right, as she tries to throw her hip out and I pull her head around to the right, if I can put my outside leg on her, I can probably get her ribs back under her.
We're both a work in progress. For a horse that hasn't had 30 days under saddle (other than what she got from race training) she's doing pretty darn well. I'm so lucky.
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