My daughter arrived yesterday with my new horse, Jewell!

She’s a 7-year-old sorrel Quarter Horse mare. She’s ranch-bred, has worked cattle, been trail ridden in the Tetons for hunting and camping, and done lots of other ranch work. She even worked a bit as a wrangler horse at the dude ranch this summer. (At 9,000 feet I bet her oxygen-carrying capacity is much better than mine.)

Jewell traveled well (ate, drank, peed, and pooped regularly on the drive), and the weather was good for traveling from Wyoming to Kentucky.

She was happy to get out and stretch her legs and crop some grass. We put all the other "critters" in the adjoining paddock so they could visit across the fence (I know, bad for disease control, but my property is too small to have isolation). Jewell was at one farm with no disease problems prior to her travels, and she had been vaccinated and had health papers and a new Coggins. (Only vaccine she needs for Kentucky that they don’t use in Wyoming is rabies. Everything on the property, including the goats, are all vaccinated. We had a bad year with rabid wildlife and domestic animals in Central Kentucky this year