The Man – The Plan

This morning, I woke Flossie up and asked her if she wanted a “Pony Day”.  Luckily she did.

So we went to get Indy from the field.  I haven’t spent any time with him properly and I wanted to give him a bit of a brush and see how he was.

Just the same as ever.  My boy.

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Indy never changes.

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He still has his best friend and fan.

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They nodded off together.

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Recently, I was asked what my “plan” is for Indy.  His future.  Apparently I should have one.  Well I know that he is a superb stallion, but it is his temperament I love most – his easy laid-back attitude and the way he accepts everything without question or argument.  A dude.

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Always mad, I asked Floss to clamber onboard, so she did.

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Indy was perfect.  He didn’t have to be.  He is a fierce stallion, after all.

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Anyway, back to my Plan.  I will be honest – I don’t have one because the last time I did, circumstances dictated that my spine gave up.  Now, I go day by day.  I don’t make plans –  watching one slip away while lying flat in agony, frustrates me and I feel utterly useless.

So my day-to-day plan is to spend time with my horses and ponies, to give them the best life I can and, when the Shetland pony market picks up, I might even run Indy with my mares.  Who knows.  Nothing is written in stone.  Quality rather than quantity.

Meanwhile, there will be muchos snogging…..

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And we will try and stay away from situations like this.  Poor, poor Indy – not his best day.

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Even if Thordale Stud is not producing foals every minute, rest assured Indy is not sitting doing nothing.

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He is a very valued part of our family.

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4 thoughts on “The Man – The Plan

  1. Cate

    To go day by day—what better plan, at “our age”? LOL If I had an Indy, I’d do exactly the same. What more is necessary?

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  2. Michelle

    Your frustration with watching goals slipping away resonates powerfully with my own situation, albeit it is my horse that keeps getting broken instead of me.

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