Teddy's Lessons

The Friendly Game. Teddy's had a shave. Only where his coat goes. See his hairy legs? Teddy is his new paddock name. He will remain Snowstorm, albeit CF Snowstorm, at competitions.

Welcome Snowstorm aka Snowy, aka Teddy

All excitement in our biggest foray yet into the wide world of horses this weekend. M and O found Snowstorm in Horse Deals at Michelago and V who works not far from there went down to meet Snowy and owner Mg down there a week and a half ago. So impressed was V that his phoned account and emailled photos to O had her agreeing to go and get him that very night.

So Saturday/yesterday M and V, O and C, drove the half sanded-back and partly refurbished Cubhorsefloat on the back of the front-end refurbished Holden Rodeo down to V's Queanbeyan townhouse where they instantly became his first people to stay there. Went to Soraya's Thai restaurant for a very pleasant meal and surroundings Saturday night and caught the last part of Prisoner of Azhkahan or whatever the Harry Potter episode is called. Got up early for the drive through the local fog to Michelago, where the clear mountain air had that sharp winter light look about the place.

Snowy (a 13 hand pony that looks very Welsh Mountain) floated beautifully all the way. V got out in Queanbeyan and M drove the rest of the way back with O and C. They made the trip in five hours from Queanbeyan which is quicker than V normally does it without the float! A 500 kilometre trip each way.

Snowy will probably be renamed Teddy. He was put in the top western paddock
on his own with his own shelter, which he checked out. All the other
horses were interested in him and came over to say hello, but he was
intent on checking out the grass. Patted and fed by O, he will settle
in well.

He was seen after a while left to himself running up and down the fence with new neighbour Mickey, the minature horse with the impish sense of humour.