Horse pics

[alwaysjbj]

ayinhara asked for my favourite horse...

Moondarra Sadi is my baby. He's a purebred arabian gelding, by Kyarnda Lodge Panache out of  Moondarra Silk 'n Lace

Unfortunately my allergies have got so bad that I can't even give him a pat without my eyes swelling closed, so he has been nothing more than a paddock ornament for the last few years. Sadi (along with our mare) will be going off to visit a friend of mine for an extended stay as she has lots of nice yummy grass for him to enjoy (and she will be giving the lazy sod some work too, but we won't tell him that).



As it has been raining here for the last few days and he currently looks like a bedraggled mud monster, here are some pictures I prepared earlier. LOL

Being a lazy slob


All dressed up in his pretty show halter



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Comments

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

I feel so terrible for you that your allergies prevent you from spending time with your horse.


Gabrielle

[alwaysjbj.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Yeah, it's annoying, but he'll be better off where he's going anyway, the drought may have broken and our houseyard is looking nice and green, but the paddock is still mostly dust (or mud at the moment). Even though they are handfed every day and come into the houseyard fairly regularly, they are still not getting as much grass as they should, so he will love going out to spend time on lots of lovely grass...and the work will do him some good too.

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

Pretty boy!

[alwaysjbj.livejournal.com]

LOL And he knows it!

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Sorry about your allergies; Jillian is the same way as you with horses, just as I am with cats.

[alwaysjbj.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I am allergic to cats, dogs and birds too, but the horses and birds seem to be the worst (possibly because they are dustier?), cats I'm okay with as long as I don't get any fur in my face, but the horses or our bird I only have to touch and the sniffling, sneezing and swelling eyes starts.

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Dust could have something to do with it ... Jillian and I are also both allergic to cats. They get to me pretty badly, but don't bother her too much. On the other hand, my most severe reactions are to dust, so I don't know what would happen if I spent some time around a horse.

[debris4spike]

DJ will not pose - mind you at the moment he is fetlock deap in mud!

They are stunning pics.

[alwaysjbj.livejournal.com]

LOL Sadi won't pose either...the first one he just would not un-cock that back leg, he looks like he has a serious conformation fault, nope, he's just a slob. lol And the one with him in his show halter, he is supposed to be doing the proper arabian show stance with his neck nicely stretched and arched--yeah, sure!

Ours are fetlock deep and liberally coated--they do love mud!

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

He's very handsome!

[alwaysjbj.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think he is gorgeous, but I may be just a teeny bit biased...mind you, HE thinks he's gorgeous, and he assures me that he is not in the slightest bit biased! lol

[jerusha]

*hugs* I'm so sorry that your allergies are being such a pain, but glad that he has a nice place to go.

[alwaysjbj.livejournal.com]

It used to be that I could take an antihistamine and then I'd be fine, but none of the over the counter ones work for me anymore, and the prescription ones are all drowsy ones, so not much use either.

Sadi and Zane are going to love going out to my friend's place (although Sadi might object to the work as he hasn't been ridden in years), and Zane is possibly going to be getting to know her lovely Crabbet Arabian stallion quite well. LOL

[ayinhara.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the pictures. He is a very handsome animal. How terrible that allergies prevent you from spending more time with your horse! My daughter is allergic to horses too, but not as badly as you are. Fortunately for me, I do not seem to have allergies to animals.

I used to have an Arabian gelding, who although pedigreed was not very refined looking. However, he was Arabian to the core in intelligence, attitude and gaits. He is now in this early 30s and I gave him to a friend to be a companion for her much younger horse.

[alwaysjbj.livejournal.com]

Thank you! He is beautiful, and so full of personality (which is possibly just a nice way of saying he is a scoundrel. LOL)

There are different strains of Arabian, some being more refined and others being more solid, but all should be very definitely arabian in movement, intelligence etc, so it sounds like you had a very lovely boy (quite possibly a high percentage Crabbet arabian which are much sought after for endurance racing). Sadi sits somewhere in the middle...he's not as refined as a straight egyptian (like Sadik), nor as solid as a pure Crabbet.

[spikesdeb.livejournal.com]

Oh so beautiful! I too am extremely allergic to horses, so I understand your pain :) I can't pat one without stumbling about blind a few minutes later, and scratching my neck and forearms to bits. Sucks, but even more so for you as you must simply yearn so much to give this beautiful boy a good stroking. Absolutely beautiful.

[alwaysjbj.livejournal.com]

I can't pat one without stumbling about blind a few minutes later

Yep, that's me! It is quite frustrating--especially when Sadi comes to the fence and asks very nicely for a scratch, he obviously doesn't understand my apology that I just can't, and I always feel so bad that he's not getting the attention he wants.