New Year's Resolution #1: Niles
My biggest New Year's resolution is to spend more time with Niles. The last five years he has been boarded at a training facility that care and ride him for me, and it has been far too easy for me to just leave him in their hands and forget about him. Out of sight, out of mind. If I were still showing I probably would have been spending more time with him, but showing has lost all appeal to me and he is in his golden years now. He deserves to be retired in posh luxury.
I'll be moving him February 15th to Mount Miguel Equestrian Center, a short 15 minute drive from my house. He's upgrading to a spacious 16' x 20' box stall with an attached corral in the main barn where he can people watch to his heart's content. I look forward to having a hot walker again. Now to dig my saddle out of storage…
My hope for him is to spend his twenties spoiled by little girls. Maybe he'll even teach a few of them how to ride. But I'll always be there for him when he needs me, even if all his teeth fall out, because he was always there for me whenever I needed him.
Niles in his heyday
Ageing gracefully
I'll be moving him February 15th to Mount Miguel Equestrian Center, a short 15 minute drive from my house. He's upgrading to a spacious 16' x 20' box stall with an attached corral in the main barn where he can people watch to his heart's content. I look forward to having a hot walker again. Now to dig my saddle out of storage…
My hope for him is to spend his twenties spoiled by little girls. Maybe he'll even teach a few of them how to ride. But I'll always be there for him when he needs me, even if all his teeth fall out, because he was always there for me whenever I needed him.
Niles in his heyday
Ageing gracefully