Casssie aka C Foolish Formula
#272.
Gray TB Mare. Appx. 16.2 ½ hands. 9 yrs. old. This
mare is very nice. She is thought to be too hot for hunter,
but might be good as a jumper? She has never been raced and
she has never been bred. Advanced Intermediate rider. Papers
available.
. . . By: Formula One
C Foolish Formula
. . . Out of: D. Foolish By: Don B
Do
you remember Star
from the TIER Success Stories?
Well,
it looks like she is going to have some company!
#266
- Cassie
#269 - Kate's Binge, and;
#272 - C Foolish Formula (Michelle will give her an appropriate
call name later.)
Yes!
Michelle, Star's mom, saw these girls and wanted to help them.
(She also wanted to help the bay filly with the fractured pelvis).
These lovely girls will be headed to their new home next week!
Here is what they can expect when they do rrive.......after
a suitable adjustment period.
I
have an eight stall wood construction stable with eight foot
concrete breeze way and hot/cold water washrack. I have 7 paddocks,
1 huge (over 100 x 100) 2 half that size and 2 30 X 70 and 2
25 X 25 for limited turn out. All have 3 sided wood sheds. They
all have grass. During wonderful weather they are left in their
paddocks 24 hours and during bad weather they come in at night
and be blanketed and turned out during the day.
I
primarily will just them for pleasure riding, and maybe for
taking some dressage lessons on
Update
7/13/01 - The girls have been home since very late Tuesday
night and I have had a ball. On Wednesday morning after my daughters
swim lessons we went down to the barn at home to start the chores
and get to know the new girls. Well, you wouldn't have known
that they had just gotten there because they were are settled
in and acting as if they had always been there. I was so pleased
to see what terrific horses these are.
We
started off with some hay and dove into bathing. C Foolish Formula
who now goes by the name of Cassie (yes, that was supposed to
be the name of the other grey but my daughter said no, it was
this mare she wanted to be Cassie), who was the first to get
bathed. She was wonderful. She is a bit high strung but being
that she is a thoroughbred that's par for the course. She was
so beaten up from being in the paddock with the other horses
that it will take time for her to heal all the scrapes and scratched.
Katie (kate's Binge) was next. I was really expecting some problems
but none. She handled great, and listens so well. She has definitely
had a lot of training at some point and will be starting back
to getting in shape here very soon. Duchess has stolen my heart
though. She reminds me of my most favorite horse of all time.
I lost my best friend last year at the age of 38 or 39. I had
rescued him 20 years ago in CA when he weighted only 600 lbs
at 16.1 hands. He
had been ridden for 3 years by a very famous jockey then got
injured in a barn fire and broke a leg. From there on it was
down hill for him till I got him and be became fast friends.
Well, Duchess is just like him. She has the kindest eyes and
the gentlest mouth. She gives kisses and loves to snuggle. I
know she knows where she was headed and is grateful she wasn't
on that trailer. Duchess has some serious problems. He teeth
are absolutely horrid. The have cut up the inside of her mouth
so bad there are ulcers. Her weight is weigh down and probably
due to her teeth and maybe worms, but the worst thing s that
being a grey she has the melanomas that greys get. The under
part of her tail is just a gnarly board of them. She also has
a huge one that covers her rectum. The vet came out yesterday
and said it is the worst he has ever seen. We are going to try
some things that are available to see if we can shrink it at
all. It doesn't seem to be bothering her disposal of road apples
to badly but since I just got her I don't have a history to
base this on. Wish us luck. She did have a bad leg injury to
her hind cannon. I believe she must have slipped in the pasture
in the night. She possibly was spooked by something. I cleaned
it up and medicated and wrapped it after her bath.
They
all are getting a small quantity of grain to start off with
and some much need vitamins and treats and of course lots of
hay and pasture grass. And most of all they are getting all
the pets and hugs they will tolerate. They are making friends
with Star and her buddy Beauty. I have a house full of wonderful
Ladies. Duchess, Cassie and Katie have told me it is very important
to get the little filly with the damaged pelvis out of there
and bring her home so I will be sending the truck for her next
week. She is missed but my girls and they want her here.
Well,
it is time to do night rounds and give the girls their night
treats,so we will be in touch again soon.