Our New Boarder

This is Cool Lukin, barn name Itsy (as in Itsy Bitsy). 

She’s a three year old, out of a champion producing full sister to Mr Cool Hand Luke and by a top ten halter stallion named Wild And Cool. 

She won the Reichart Hunter-In-Hand class last year, against some pretty substantial competition - but when I look at her, I just see “she’s cute.”  She’s definitely colored, that’s for sure, so there won’t be any getting her lost in the dark. 

She’s here for a year getting some “grow up” time, learning how to be a horse.  She’s been a show baby - pretty much “stall raised” with minimal turn out time and no horse contact beyond the show pen.  She’s extremely immature for her age, and her mind and body both need some time to be ready for her under saddle training. She’s just not ready to start the hunter-under-saddle work that her owner has been trying to get on her this past winter.

Rather than just give up, the owner contacted us and asked if we’d be willing to let Itsy come live with our girls and get that year of time that she needs. A filly this cute - how could we possibly say no? 

She’s been here since … Friday, living in the small pen, meeting my girls over the panels.  Today I put her out in the north paddock for a couple of hours, just to make sure she “knows fence” and when it was obvious she did (she seems to have some brains in that head of hers), I put Sendi in the paddock with her. 

Sendi is in heat this week, and she thinks that Itsy might be the solution to her problem.  I don’t have the heart to tell her it’s not going to work out.  Well, at least it’s going to work out for Itsy.  Sendi has already decided she’s her new best friend.