Old Fashioned Horsemanship

The Horse Lay Over in Amsterdam. The place was full of horses from the WEG going home to one country or another. The US reining team was there. There were three horses and for each horse there was one groom.

The team not only had three grooms but they had ultra sound machines, digital x-ray equipment, blankets with magnets and magnets with machines. Buckets of Ulcer Guard. They were a traveling vet clinic. I was impressed.

As I walked through the barn I saw a stunning big warmblood of some kind. It was fit and had a coat that was like satin. Beautiful horse.

I also saw one lone Mexican in a corner; on the stall door the card said “Mexico,” meaning the horse was going home to Mexico. The Mexican was sitting on the plastic tack boxes, quietly. I watched him watch these girls and all their endless equipment.

I was standing by the Mexican horse and he came over to check the water... I asked him if that was his horse. He said yes, I told him how beautiful it was and then I recognized him -- he was