It's Valentine's Month on Barnmice! Tell us why you love your horse!

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Permalink Reply by Charlotte Pletsch on February 5, 2011 at 10:29pm

After moving to Northern California, I was distraught. I had to leave the love of my life, Hershey, and the new lease I had been so excited about hasn't worked out. So when I found Rhapsody through a craigslist ad, I wasn't expecting much. But this Dutch Warmblood cross Thoroughbred mare, saved as a 3 year old off the slaughter truck, is and will remain, a monumental horse in my life.

When I went to try her, OK, I was impressed. She was a big chestnut mare, with a broad blaze and 3 white socks. She was very friendly, and good to ride. After riding her once more, I started my lease on her.

Rhapsody, who's also known as "Rhap", "Sody", "Rhap-attack", "Rhapsie-whapsie", and sometimes just "MARE", is an easy ride unless you annoy her. If the latter is performed, she'll retaliate by trotting around with her nose in the air and refusing to put it down. She's not forgiving - at all - which really taught me and continues to teach me about how to ride her firmly but not strong. She can haul butt when nessecary and she loves her pony partners-in-crime.

 

We are relocating yet again after summer of 2011, and I'm not sure if my lease on this mare will end or not. Buying her is simply not an option. But she teaches me so much and for that, I'm forever grateful.

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