Ivan

Well, it seems we'll be bringing in another horse into Borderlands. I couldn't resist and decided we needed to have Ivan join our herd. I still need to make arrangements to pick him up. There's a few health issues we'll need to address, mainly the cellulitis in his woohoo. But I've talked with the previous owner and they told me what they are doing and I have advice from others that will help.

I'm sure when I take Ivan to the vet that I'll get expert advice also.

Ivan is a 8-9 year old Thoroughbred gelding that came from Iowa. I can't remember if they said he was registered or not. I think not...but I think he may have been but the papers were either lost or not given when they picked him up. I haven't flipped his lip yet to see if there is a tatoo. We believe he is unraced as the previous owners say he's very slow. Slow in nature and slow in pace. I have not ridden him as of yet but the previous owners rode him a couple times and said he was very slow. They were struggling to find what type of bit he likes. So that will be an endevour I get to persue.

We'll see how it goes. The previous owners tend to pull horses out of bad situations. With Ivan's woohoo issue, it was a bad situation since the Iowa owner wasn't caring for his woohoo in the dead of winter (when it was 20 something below zero).

But for now, I'll leave you with a few pictures of Ivan that I received from the previous owner. Lucky for me, Ivan is only a few miles away from mom and dad. So the trip to pick Ivan up will be very short. I am thinking of waiting until Saturday to pick him up after the Chester Ride. We'll see how that goes. I'm a bit leary of leaving a new horse and going on vacation but I guess that will be just how it has to be.

He looks a little stressed in this picture. Hopefully we'll change the look on his face. The previous owners are nice but loud. I'm sure it will be a major adjustment for Ivan but hopefully it'll be a nice, quiet adjustment.

The previous owners say he's really big. I didn't think so. But the rest of their herd is small. I would say Ivan is about in the middle as far as height in my herd. I'll have to measure. :-) He's the right size... but of course every size is the right size at Borderlands when it comes to horses.