6 Week Vacation...

Well after having 6 weeks off in his pasture Jess got to work. Now imagine a very fresh, yet now out of shape, 2000+ lb horse. The vets were out yesterday to look at two of our old ladies, so by the time they left we were not able to work Jess at all before bring him in to downtown for Valentine's Day. April brought him in and when I go to our lot, her husband was holding Jess. Jess was so fresh that he would not stand tied to the horse trailer. Then murphy's law kicks in...our first ride...a blind couple. We had to get Jess to stand still long enough to load two blind people into the carriage. But on the up side, once they were in, and since we did not have another reservation for 1 1/2 hrs we decided to give them an extended ride. So for 45 min we jogged Jess in a circle. Like I said, "the up side," well they were blind so they did not care how many time's we went around the same tired old block, they couldn't see it and they were having a great time riding. By half way through the night Jess was being a very good boy and standing as quiet as he can be expected to. So now he'll have another few weeks off before we use him again and it will be freshness all over.

The picture is from Christmas...Amanda (15) & Anabelle (2). That's me holding Jess, to give you an idea of his size, I'm about 5'10".