Oh Look! Snow!

I certainly wasn't expecting it to snow. Last night everything was just warm and drizzly. But, what do you know, I wake up this morning to a world of white!

The horses were already up at the stable, hiding in the run-in stall. Guess they weren't exactly over joyed with the snow. But it was cute to see their two little heads sticking out. "We are not coming out so you come in."

They perked right up when I started dishing out breakfast. Food does wonders.

The weather in general has been pretty nasty lately. Mostly just a lot of rain. (Hey, I'd rather it snowed than rained so yay!) But with all of that I just haven't been able to do much outside. I will be happy when the weather gets warmer, or less mucky, and I can get back to working with my ponies.

Kentucky Derby Star

I made a new friend last week! And I might add he's a bit of a celebrity in the horse world.

I was lucky enough to get the chance to meet the winner of the 2011 Kentucky Derby!

Meet Animal Kingdom!

The great Animal Kingdom!

Every now and then I get the opportunity to attend various events and my personal favorites are the ones that have to do with horses. So I was naturally thrilled when I got the chance to visit this stud farm. Animal Kingdom wasn't the only famous stallion I met there, but he was certainly my favorite. (Discreet Cat and Street Sense are two others names I can think of that were present.) But, wow. All the horses were absolutely amazing and gorgeous! I was seriously fangirling.Way too much awesomeness going on.

But needless to say I was very excited when I heard that this horse was going to be there because he is one of the few racehorses that I actually knew my name. I remember watching the Derby on tv the year he won.

I'm not a huge racing fan or anything. I'll watch the Triple Crown once a year and thats about it. But I do love OTTBs, and its on my bucket list to own an ex-racehorse and retrain it. I think they are super talented animals.

So, ya, I have to say this was a pretty cool experience.