>>> Hot pink! Is that Maja? Hot pink is Svertla. Maja is in the purple, suffering with all the indignities that Cary can bestow on her...and he was in bratty little boy mode today. I threatened to make him wear one of those cones he kept putting on Maja.
>>> And Runa Lucy is looking good! Yes, Old Lucy Ricardo will probably be the first one ridden, judging by how it looks at the moment. She seemed rather...young, for a long time, but she has really matured in the past year. I'm pretty pleased with all three though - all are very smart. Maja is Cary's pet mare - but Svertla...? You'd never know what that poor mare suffered with. She's a trooper. I think Maja and Svertla will be run-walky-to-foxtrotty type riding horses, although they may surprise me with some saddle rack. (I see those two foxtrotting and run-walking sometimes at liberty, and they both trot.) I'm expecting Runa to have most of the range from step-pace to trot...probably centering around saddle rack. I'll be surprised if Runa can get a good running walk going, but I've been wrong before. Now...we'll have to see how far off my predictions are a little later! Karen Thomas, NC
