Hello everyone,
I have had a really busy day today (in the pouring rain)and i still don't think I have dried off completely yet!
To start the day, Rose's new owner arrived with her trailer. Rose (as we predicted) was totally unimpressed with being seperated from Jalpa, her partner in crime. She spent an hour inching up the ramp of the trailer, refusing to budge/swinging her quarters off the ramp before reluctantly deciding to go in out of the rain. Once in, Rose seemed very settled - Jalpa on the other hand went nuts and started galloping up and down the field screaming her head off.
She some how managed to catch her shoulder on a bolt on the post and rail gate as she was cantering past, which resulted in a visit from the vet and some stitches and staples. As you will see from the photos, the wound looks pretty nasty, but the vet said that luckily it was in a fleshy/muscley place and hadn't interfered with any major blood vessels and that she should recover well.
She is being kept well sedated for the next 24 hours to stop her damaging her stitches, but seemed very settled when i left her at 8pm tonight.
We had a new thoroughbred arrive today, she is very, very pretty and friendly and i'm hoping it is not going to rain all day tomorrow so that I can ride her! I did take the camera with me to take a photo of her, but like an idiot, left the memory card at home (and had filled my mobile phone up with Jalpa injury pictures!) So photos of her will be coming shortly. Her racing name was "Elevate Jack" - which we didn't think was very lady-like, so we have given her the stable name of "Velvet".
I have lots more to say, but can't keep my eyes open - so will say it tomorrow instead! Good night - Lucy x
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