Melanie Nilles

Here are some pics after Beau raced and bucked and generally showed off in the round pen, and cooled down with a longeline lesson. He’s modeling my old blue wraps, which really stand out against his dark bay color. The hunter green wraps I have look better on him.

He’s looking more adult all the time. For the longest time I thought of him as baby-faced Beau, but he’s filling out now and everything is changing. Unfortunately, he’s still a bit of a shaggy beast. He grew a thick winter coat and isn’t giving it up too quickly.

Have I ever mentioned how much I love him? Star could not hold a candle to him. She was moody and made me resent going to see her. Beau is so full of life and play, but calm once he gets that out of his system, that he energizes me. He fills me with that joy every time. he may not be a $10,000+ warmblood, but he’ll go far (I’m thinking at least 3rd level dressage) and his personality is just what I needed. He’s the right horse for me at this point in my life.

I would sacrifice a lot to see that he has the best care I can give him. Right now that means treating the cough that hasn’t gone away since he was sick in December. The Aeropulmin seems to be doing the trick, and I hope the vet is right that it could clear out his lungs of whatever has been bothering him. Hopefully the one 100 mL bottle will be all I have to buy (It’s expensive!). If not, I’ll get the scoping done that wasn’t done a few weeks ago when I had him in.

God, I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to own him!