The ponies always start right after the tack and that's why we drove 2 and a half hours. We thought we had a beautiful nice sized black pony mare well broke to ride and drive and when all was said and done we didn't win. We were pretty shocked, thinking we were the high bidder but it wasn't meant to be. We actually bid higher than planned making the loss a blessing in disguise. A very pretty 2 year old paint pony came through and this time we made SURE we were the high bidder. The other pony we purchased was announced as a 5 year old Welsh pony mare. She looked like a section B and also trained to ride and drive. After buying her found out she didn't come with papers and her coggins stated she was only 4 years old. That was a bit disappointing we would prefer to have registration papers but the Amish don't always care about that with ponies, just the Standardbreds.
When those started going through the ring we were surprised at the prices. There is no recession with the Amish. They don't buy much gas, don't spend money on electricity and grow their own grains. The horses were going for $3500.00-$5000.00. We headed home before too many went through the ring and the closer we got to Peoria the more rain we drove through. It started raining last night and didn't stop all day. Once the ponies were at the Horsemeister farm they were just thrown in with Cindy, both were glad to get out of the trailer and in front of the hay. Better pictures will be taken when the weather clears.
Sanna was covered then taken back to the cabin field but Lily, Wynne and Sangria along with their foals were moved to the breeding shed.
Mark helped box up the Breyer horses and barns and those were hauled out to the farm. Funny that of all the things we are leaving I just didn't want to leave the Breyers for hopefully someday my grandchildren will play with them.
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