May 12, 2018
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AH Lark
Welp. 😳🐳
I picked up a few goodies from the feed store today, including a shiny new halter for little miss Lark.
Someone has the zoomies!
Ahhh! I’m headed to Stone Pointe Arabians in Bonnieville, KY to pick up this gorgeous girl first thing in the morning and I couldn’t possibly be more excited!
AH Lark (Equitar x AHWillow, by Alito) 2011 Pure Polish Mare
Someone has the zoomies!
Lark has been home for a full week and everything has been mostly smooth sailing. It’s very evident that she knows things and wants to be a good bean, but her manners are going to take a bit of polishing up. The former owner was not kidding when he said she likes to nip at farriers - she nailed me in the ribs yesterday, but mostly grabbed t-shirt - so we’re going to be doing a lot of work on leg handling and keeping out of my bubble for a while. An introduction to cross ties is probably in order, too.
Ascensia is working 6 days a week with one of my former trainers and a young teen who absolutely loves her. I’m planning to go up and watch one of their jumping lessons while kiddo is on Christmas break. Hopefully, I can snag some video clips to share.
Sam looks FANTASTIC. He has always been something of a hard keeper, so finding a feeding program that works for him has been a real struggle, even with the help of my vet and a nutritionist. I’ve simplified the program to 8 lbs of Pinnacle 1400, a cup of aloe juice, and 4 oz of rice bran oil, broken out into two meals. He’s also getting a flake of alfalfa hay in with his usual forage ration, since it’s a quality source of protein and has been shown to soothe ulcer prone horses. (I know it doesn’t sound all that simple, but, my dudes, this horse used to get a total of 15 lbs of senior feed per day AND a soaked beet pulp-alfalfa-rice bran concoction for lunch, PLUS 24/7 turnout with all the forage he could stuff in his face.) Between the feeding program and lots of back-to-basics work in a long, low frame, we’re starting to get some really nice topline development, especially for an old man.
Lark, like every Polish mare I’ve ever known, was born with Supermom genes. Here, she’s keeping a close eye on her own 2017 filly, Tajemnica, as she meets little Edyta, also sired by A Ego.