When I visited Barbie and Tom, they had a farm assistant named Marty. Early in the morning, I was having a chat with Hailee (such bliss!) and Marty came over and chatted with me about taking care of the mares, the foals, and life at Valentine Hall. I got to help him feed breakfast to the girls. We jumped onto a three-wheeler and he drove a straight line and left piles of fat-laced oats for the mares. Here we are in the big field making the breakfast line! It was so much fun.In this first photo, the white horse is Ed, Hailee's boyfriend from Showgate Stables. He is now in blissful retirement with his herd of girls.
And the brown-grey horse below is a horse that Barbie and Tom rescued. When they first found her, her hooves were in horrible shape, her weight was dangerously low, and she had bugs. Bugs, bugs, bugs were in her coat and it took Barbie forever to wash them away and treat them with topical wash medicine.Now look at her -- a happy girl running for her breakfast, sure that she's going to get those oats, and happy with her herd under a blue Kentucky sky in the greenest field with woods and a creek. Happy, happy deserving girl!
