Snake, polo and the end of the summer is finally here!

It`s been quite challenging few month, at first we were rained on for about two month straight every day. With our newly built barn we found out that it`s actually in a low spot. Welcome to the life on the farm! We learn something every day. We brought dirt and and then everything looked like a big mud lake... Cesar didn`t get discouraged and continued on hanging plywood and finishing stalls during the rain and lightening... How do they say it in Russian - half of the life for a good horse!
I am sure in Spanish they would come up with something different - at least Cesar did...

Highlights of the month of July was the meeting with Renee' and Jim Strikeland and riding on their ranch their polo horses. Me and Cesar went twice and had a really good time. Cesar caught the polo fever and now we are looking how he can start learning th game. Kate suggested old broom and basketball, I would add wooden horse to strike from...

We had to say Good-bye to Sophie in July. Nikki was quite upset but gladly accepted Cesar as her new Mr.Mom. We tried to put Nikki with Moira hoping that old mare will remember having foals and would cheer up to the occasion... Wrong, calm and half way scared Moira all of a sudden was charging around the pasture with that famous Akhal Teke race speed and was trying to kick that baby away. Of course baby Nikki thought it`s her new mama and with the squires was running after Moira looking all happy that finally she will have someone to be loved by. We got lucky to seperate Nikki and push her through the opening in the fence for some reason Cesar built in the corner...

Yesterday we found snake in the middle of the kitchen. It was tired and didn`t seem to move nowhere. By the time we debated to put Simba after her or not she crawled into the kitchen cabinets. We spend half of the night getting her out of there... At the end we just blocked her with the foam and issues is still unresolved.

I start understanding why Carroll used to tell us that on the farm you never get done you are always catching up...

Dolomit have received three requests for AI for the next spring and we are very proud of him. He is a very proud and beautifully Akhal Teke stud with a wonderfully temper. He has a lot of patience for all of us and we hope to be able to ride him fairly soon.