| Shamioh Shmoo came to us in February of 2007. She was a jumper in her prime that after a bad accident [being crashed through a jump on wet turf], she became a broodmare. When we got her she was underweight, shaggy and very very needy. She makes the most insane elephant like noises and the first time I saw he she was doing just that trying to paw her way out of a stall the stable owner had put her in to weight for the trailer. She came out of that stall in a hurry and leapt into the trailer dragging us along. She was leaving and that was final. She came home and got fixed up and then went to southland's with a friend who needed a horse to ride while her horse was on stall rest. She loved being ridden everyday and being back into the ritzy world she was used to. She came back in great shape when the girl had her horse back and was put up for sale. That was about the same time Clay came around.... He wanted something to ride. Shmoo was more broke then the rest of the horses I had at the time...except for my babies who wanted nothing to do with the new attention hog. She bucked him off a few times but he persisted. He would go out and try to scramble on her back and ride her around the field. Eventually she took a liking to him after she finished testing him and became a babysitter and teacher. He would go out and call her and she would come running to "her man". Clay started riding her on the roads and trails with me. That was new to both of them. She hadn't been out of the show scene and he hadn't been on a horse very many times. She kept him in line by depositing him on the ground or just stopping and refusing to move when he was doing something wrong but he learned quick. A girl at the barn then started using her for drill. A huge Warmblood with huge animation and tons of chrome prancing around between all the relaxed little Quarter horses. She seemed to really enjoy it and took to the flag pretty quickly. She stood out a bit but learned to neck rein and away they went. She did the whole 2007 season, Merrit, Pemberton, Coombs, everywhere. She did the trails with us, a bit of cross country and even cattle sorting. We did try to take her in one jumper class in Pemberton but once she got on the turf, even though the jumps where only 12" high, she wouldn't even step over the first jump. Her brain just stopped and she panicked. Anywhere but in a show ring she will jump anything though. After drill was over, we used her for gymkhanas, ranch sorting, rodeo clinics, back country trails..pretty much anything. She is a pain in the butt in the barn. She paws and kicks the walls and is very flirty with all the geldings but she is great to ride and very trustworthy. I used her for the 2008 season after Buck came up lame. Her first parade being the Santa Clause parade at the end on 2007, and she was great. Much less spooky then Buck but it;s just not the same with out your special horse. She was semi retired with Buck at the end of 2008. Once in while she will come out when a back up rider is needed or for a parade here and there but she's pretty much a pasture pet and trail pony now. She is 21 or 22 this year and will live out her days here on the trails and doing all the fun stuff. Every once in a while one of the boarders will do some dressage on her to mix it up and she seems to really enjoy it. So much for a throw away broodmare..... I swore I would never own a mare, especially a WB mare but here we are... I actually couldn't ask for a better horse in so many ways. She will pack anyone at any level, she will give her all for whatever task you put her to and she has a personality that makes everyone love her. She has earned her spot at our farm and will live out her days here. Shmoo was laid to rest Feb. 28th, 2013 after having a stroke. She was loved by everyone at our farm and will always be remembered. https://www.facebook.com/HayburnerHavenFarm/media_set?set=a.454299253850.251608.513983850&type=3 |
