Tuesday night the horses were picked up in Colorado around 8:30pm. Because he refuses to believe he’s truly a gelding, Note was loaded first into the rig so he would only share a wall with Highboy. He hopped in like an old pro (blessed are the racehorses who are so well traveled) and Highboy eagerly followed.
Highboy knew something was up all day, he continually stood at the gate to the barn, waiting eagerly to board the party bus for the greatest road-trip he’d ever thought of. His only complaint was that there was no disco ball inside the trailer. The shipper said Highboy and Note played and squealed and lip wrestled the entire trip. No arguing, but definitely some frat boy antics going on!
I then loaded the mares on the other side of the rig, and lastly Dewey and Curio in the center (the door to the semi-trailer is cut into the side). Dewey and Curio were much more interested in munching the extra hay in the center aisle than just eating their own hay bags! The mares were very business like and stood quietly in their box stalls.
Then they were on their way, with buckets of water available the whole time in each box stall, and plenty of snacks in hay bags for the road.
Wednesday I flew to VA with my friend (the brain injury makes it so I cannot fly alone and need a wheelchair), we crashed at the house Wednesday night, and the horses arrived at the new barn around 9:30am this morning.
Equine Express did an incredible job. Despise passing a few bad accidents that stopped up traffic outside of Nashville, they arrived in a timely manner and thankfully the horses were all in great shape when they disembarked from the rig in the pouring rain this morning!
It was truly pouring rain as they got off the trailer, the ramp even was resting in a puddle! We chuckled that the horses jumped some of the water, reminding them they are Eventers and water is not new to them…!
They each were tucked into their stalls for the day.
More photos to come when i have better internet connection!
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