So Christine finally got around to reading the instruction manual for her Brendrup trailer and found out that it doubles as an automatic horse washing machine! She figured she would try it out on Hans first as he is so mellow, and with the long black hair, every spec of dust shows up. So in we loaded Hans to the horse washing machine, and Christine set the dials:



She should have read the instructions better though...apparently she should not have used hot water or bleach...because this is what came out of the trailer when the cycle was done:
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Just like anything that shrinks in the wash, he is now much shorter (14.3 hands), but just as wide. He is all spotted from the bleach, and his mane seems to have unravelled in the wash and is now about a foot long. He also seems to have regressed a year. To make things less confusing, we have decided to name the shrunken horse "Triton". Along with his change in size comes with amazingly impressive knee action and presence at the trot.

This weekend also saw the arrival of the new potential lesson horse! Michelle tried him out and hauled him in for us. She tried him out amidst shooting next door and he handled it all well, so she figured he might make a good lesson horse! He has settled in very well, and is a friendly and social equine. I am really excited to try riding him tomorrow!

He came with the name Alexander (Alex), but as I teach an "Alex", I decided to change his name, so he is now "Zander". Thanks to Jessie for the name suggestion!

He is just over 15.2 hands, 7 years old, and a saddlebred arab cross. He has a dressage and trail riding background, so the test will be to see if he can jump too, but we will give him some time to settle in before introducing him to jumps.

Zander and Triton are both in the bottom paddock to the south of the barn.

Karen