Auction Night

This is the truck and trailer that came to pick up the shed from here to take to Middle Grove.

Steven arrived to work the boys. Take a look at the stallion he is on, it's EVAN not Valiant. Steven is now starting Evan under saddle.

Funny when the boys were 8 months old we were thinking it would be years before we could do anything with them. And yet Steven proved us wrong. He started trick training them before they were 2 years old, trained them both to drive and now both are undersaddle. WELL DONE STEVEN! I wanted to stay and watch but had a date with Rhoda scheduled. We were meeting down at the Heart of IL Arena on route 29 for the horse auction.

I was able to purchase 7 manure forks. The lady sitting next to me was trying to figure out why we wanted them all. It is hard keeping enough tools around, especially manure forks. We need them in the trailer, we need them in the arena, we need them at the cabin, we need them to pick up the piles Darcy and Emma leave in the front, and we need them in the stall area. We also bought some curry combs, lead ropes and fly spray. Then came the horses. The horse below went for $100.00. He was not old, he was trained to ride and still only $100.00!

This next horse was a registered 6 year old appaloosa and she just went for $125.00

When this little paint gelding came walking into the ring, it was so tempting for Mike. He looks a lot like Duke but hadn't been trained to ride, just had a saddle thrown on. The owner said he never got around to breaking him. That is always a red flag, when the horse or pony is over 5 years old and not trained, there is probably a reason. He went really cheap but I can't remember the final bid.

The last one to come through the ring was this 9 year old mare. Now Rhoda and I watched her before the auction and thought she may be a stud, we couldn't get close enough to actually look under her, she was throwing such a fit tied up in the stall. It was like a tempest in a teapot.

I'm kind of keeping my eye out for a mini to act as a seeing eye pony for Helen and actually did bid on this little mare but let her go to someone else for $95.00. I just didn't think she had the temperament we are looking for. Diane, Mike and mom showed up after they were done at the Skyline home just in time to watch the horses go through. We were teasing mom about how cheap the horses were going and didn't she think she needed some?