Another New Horse - It's Bo!

[Paisley_Pony]

Thank you for the update! I know it’s been disappointing to see him take a small step backwards weight-wise, but he’s already looking more like his wonderful cheeky self again!

My DD said something in regard to his face that I hadn’t thought about. She reminded me that the horses we’ve known that came out of starvation or similar tough histories have had older looking faces than would normally fit their years. Kind of like people who have seen more tough things than the average person at the same age.

[rubygirl1968]

Looking so much better now that he’s back home!

[Heinz_57]

@JBCool

But oh my gosh, the mischievous twinkle in that eye!

He’s got a built in twinkle with the partial blue in that eye I was really trying to take a conformation picture, but every time I got more than 3’ away he was like ‘no, I come with!’ and he doesn’t ground tie yet, so… head shot it is!

[JBCool]

Yeah, I don’t think I have a confo shot of my new-ish (within last year) either, now that you mention it. Most of them are “Take a picture of my face/nose!!!”

[Bluey]

He is going to shed a beautiful shiny copper sorrel color.

In his latest video he was moving on the line similar to what barrel racers like to keep one moving.
They like them very forward and loose and carrying themselves like he is there.
Wondering if some time ago he may have been trained by one of them, before he was made a header, as the story that came with him sounded initially?

Will be interesting to hear how he rides, once you get that far.

He definitely seems more happy all around.
His expressions is saying thank you for being there.

[Tarlo_Farm]

Did you ever follow the thread on the other board where someone rescued and rehabilitated a horse only to find, while out riding one day and coming upon a loose steer, that her horse was a cutter? She wrote really well, and it was an epic story!

[Christa_P]

I didn’t see that, but with rescues it isn’t a big surprise. Too many, even with good training, fall through the cracks and lose their history.

[Spudsmyguy]

I had a rehab like that. I got her out of a kill pen as an emaciated two year old with unknown parentage. Once she was up to weight and healthy, I started her under saddle and took her, on a lark, to a cow clinic. She had a lot of natural ability and after about 10 minutes she started tracking the cow and making turns on her own. I did the research on what limited information I had and found she came from cutting horse royalty, I can’t remember her registered name and her parentage but I found her grandsire’s name in one of those “Legends” books about great horses. I sold her as a 5 year old for a lot more than I bought her for.

[JBCool]

LOL, I knew one that was the opposite. She was supposed to be the next big cow horse, bred cow through and through, and wouldn’t cut a thing. She was sold to a local riding instructor and became THE learn-to-jump on pony of the area for the next 25 years. No joke, she just passed away at about 34 and was still doing the occasional walkalong and up/down shuffle trot lesson. Sometimes they pick their own niche, and, well, you don’t argue with a chestnut pony mare!

[Heinz_57]

@Bluey

He is going to shed a beautiful shiny copper sorrel color.

Indeed! And he’s got quite a few white hairs interspersed in his coat now (not true roan or varnish, just scattered white hairs). I’m still banking on some kind of appaloosa cross, I mean… look at these feet. All four are striped like that and he has no socks.

And note to self, I need to investigate that weird divot just below the coronet band next time I go outside. It wasn’t there before.

[JBCool]

@Heinz_57

And note to self, I need to investigate that weird divot just below the coronet band next time I go outside. It wasn’t there before.

and what foot is that on? If that’s on the one he was so lame on, I wonder if he didn’t have an abscess

[Heinz_57]

Right front, he was lame on the left hind (vaccine was given in the left hamstring). He is not lame currently, but his feet still need a lot of work. An abscess wouldn’t surprise me, but neither would him having found some piece of junk buried in the pasture. I find trash buried everywhere, including a lot of metal pieces coming up out of the ground.

[JBCool]

Eh, I was going for the easy explanation It does also look like a solid whack on something.

[jvanrens]

@Heinz_57

@Bluey

He is going to shed a beautiful shiny copper sorrel color.

Indeed! And he’s got quite a few white hairs interspersed in his coat now (not true roan or varnish, just scattered white hairs). I’m still banking on some kind of appaloosa cross, I mean… look at these feet. All four are striped like that and he has no socks.

And note to self, I need to investigate that weird divot just below the coronet band next time I go outside. It wasn’t there before.

My appendix QH mare has hooves like that on her brown legs. Appaloosa has nothing to do with it her case. She also has a bit of white in her coat, which has been increasing as she ages. It’s fairly common in chestnuts.

[Heinz_57]

@jvanrens

It’s fairly common in chestnuts.

I don’t recall having encountered one over the years, but then I don’t spend a lot of time staring at other horses’ feet. Whatever he is, is just fine with me.

I made a joke a while back about collecting chestnuts. My set is only 3/5 complete - Bo has no socks, Fern has one (and a half) socks, Elmo has two. Now I just need three socks and four. Right? I don’t dare start counting face markings or variations of red…

[Displaced_Yankee]

My guy had one of those last summer. I asked my farrier and he said that he probably wacked his coronet band. When I thought about it he had gone a walk about (tree limb on the fence line) since the last time my farrier had seen him. It grew out with no issue!

[Heinz_57]

On St. Patrick’s day in 2017, Webster did this:

which doesn’t look immediately serious, however, I opened the little flappy bit and saw a tiny piece of stick, but I couldn’t get it out. Called the vet, who sedated and fished this out of the hole:

I am always suspicious of hoof divots now.

[Fiesta01]

What can one say? Other than “Horses!”

[Heinz_57]

Few things top the time Elmo decided to try jumping a barbed wire fence. Let’s just say he doesn’t have the hops for that, and has the scars to prove it.

[Fiesta01]

Yikes! Although my gelding sliced open a foot and half of shoulder on a fence once. Gotta love them.

ETA: My barn owner called me and said “Gatsby’s fine. The vet is on the way. He’ll need a couple of stitches.” I was 45 minutes away. I got there just before the vet. BO had gotten him from the field into his stall. I went in the stall, looked at the shoulder, came back out and looked at the BO. My exact words: “A couple of stitches?” She said she didn’t want to panic me for my drive out there.