So ... kaufen wir ein Pferd...
Since Chris is driving and we have another few minutes to home a quick announcement.
The horse trailer has had its first occupant. He's 13.2hh and is a bit small in the big warmblood-sized stall. He's around eight years old and supposedly ride/drive, though he hasn't been asked to drive for about a year. The owners are moving out of state and thus downsizing the herd.
He was a little twitchy at the start, but chilled out as we worked with him.
There is one question mark that we'll be having the vet check out this week before making it final. He has some corneal scarring on both eyes at the edges of his iris and sclera. The lady said they used to be huge and angry. The people they bought him from had many animals, I assume poor manure management, and didn't believe in fly masks. He does have a good menace reflex so vision isn't impared and after calling and chatting with our vet he didn't think it would cause issue. We'll get an in-person check to confirm that this week.
They called him Tom, but that name definitely isn't staying.
Edit: I was thinking. This little gelding is seven years younger than Chewy was when we got her. If he holds up just as well he'll be with us 17 years (!!) by the time he is Chewy's age. This definitely puts into perspective how old the little mare is. Fingers crossed all is well and he can start filling in Chewy'd shoes.