Welcome Cobie!

Yesterday, Lynn and I drove to Escalon, CA outside of Stockton to meet Cobie. He's a 10-year-old, beautiful, liver chestnut with flax mane and tail. He is half Morgan (you can see it in his face and fat belly), a quarter Arab (again the beautiful face), and a quarter Quarter horse. He has soft eyes and seems very affectionate. He has huge, dinner plate feet that have been trimmed a couple weeks ago and he is barefoot. He is a total talker and dinger. He untied himself from the trailer. He mouthed everything--the window, the fender, the cleat. But he stood pretty good while tied.

He is used to ground mounting according the Lisa. But she held him while Lynn mounted from a hay bale and he was fine. He actually thought it was a good idea so he could some hay. Unfortunately, as you will see in the videos, there wasn't a great space to ride him and with the virus, there wasn't a space available to take him. Lisa says there are trail videos attached to his Dream Horse account, but we didn't see them.

He has been doing dressage, so his cues are a little different. However, he is very leg and seat oriented, so Shirley should have no problem.

Lisa said he is the bottom of the herd and has good field manners. He can play if someone wants to play or stand off by himself. He is not herd bound. He is respectful to the mares in the field. He comes to his name and didn't care if everyone else was off doing other things. I think he and Buster will be best friends.

We bought Shirley a plain, black headstall and a bright blue  halter and the rope is blue, tan, and black. He is going to look stunning in both.

Shirley was super excited and Lynn thinks she will be ready to ride him sooner rather than later. We are off to ride this morning. She said, "We'll break him of all his good habits in no time." :)

We put him in the corral and as soon as the boys saw him they started whinnying like crazy. He whinnied right back and ran and buck and twisted his head around. They just stared at him. He went back to eating. Jupes and Buster stayed looking at him for a long, long time. I told Jupes not to worry, he is still the most beautiful. Shirley said we could be in a parade. She said we could have a contest on who's the prettiest. I said we will have a contest on who's the fattest. :)

I hope he fits in and works out. He will have a good life here.

Kevin Bacon (free pig with every horse sale)