Yesterday, March 12, I spent the whole day at Hunter Creek Farm, watching how they received and introduced Shadow to the rest of the horses. Shadow, a new colt that came into the family, is a young dark brown horse with lots of personality and a beautiful posture. He is now the youngest one in the group and everyone wants to try him. Every time a new horse comes in, the trainers experience is a bittersweet feeling because they immediately fall in love with the new one, but they have to keep in mind that if no rider feels comfortable with him and no one buys him, they have to send him back.
When a new horse comes to the farm, the idea is to give him the basic training and evaluate if he has the capacity to become an excellent horse that will give a good reputation to the rider and Hunter Creek Farm. Despite the fact that this is only his fist day and that he has not received any training yet, a lady is already very interested in shadow, she described him as beautiful, powerful and gentle horse; she said her young boy felt in love with him as soon as he came down from the truck.
After a very short demonstration, she is decided to buy Shadow. She mentioned that her son got into a car accident and he is learning to walk again. The doctor suggested horseback riding to accelerate the processes and recovery. For this reason, she is not really interested in a horse for competition and hunter jumping, but to be a friend and a tool for her son.
