We met this little guy on our ride today...

[kenyonchris]

What a nicely marked baby! Trigirl, baby horses are foals, baby girl foals are fillies, baby boy foals are colts.
I was up that way looking at sale horses for a client about 5 years ago. It was beautiful. I also sold a horse I bought in Ireland up that way. I am sure it is more Ireland-like than Texas!
I wish we had some scenery like that. I am relieved when I pedal out of suburbia and don't see a Wal-Mart for over 5 miles.

[salsabike]

Chris, what is this horse-related stuff you do? I have loved horses all my life.

[Biciclista]

yes, me too. When i was small, i'd find sticks and they would be my front legs and i'd gallop around the yard.
on my christmas list #1 was my parents reunited, #2 was always a pony; and i knew i couldn't have either....
I have enjoyed looking at your fotos, Salsa, wishing the color was a bit better so i could see if the mom was a sunburnt black horse or just a deep bay.

When i left home and moved to Idaho i did manage to buy a horse and had horses until my second son was born, twelve years later; it was not fair to the horse to split my time up between 2 babies and a full time job so I sold her.
One of my joys in going out to the countryside is being able to see horses and other livestock. Glad to know I'm not alone.

[TrekTheKaty]

Awwwwww. Cute. Guess I'll add carrots to the saddlebag--just in case. (My DH will love that--I got chastised for carrying a full size bottle of sunblock this weekend--"what else have you got in there?! No wonder my bike is lighter than yours!")

[kenyonchris]

Chris, what is this horse-related stuff you do? I have loved horses all my life.

I was a dressage and three day event rider as a kid and young adult...I was quite good, Grand Prix dressage. I was lucky enough to have excellent (if extremely old school demanding) trainers. They not only taught me to ride, they taught me to teach. I taught several gold medal young riders over a 20 year career teaching and training. I loved, loved it, but the travel, the uncertainty of income, and the general lifestyle wore me out.
I still have about six eventing students who stick with me despite my flaky schedule...and I am on the mounted patrol unit with my police department and am a mounted police instructor.
Three day eventing is like an equine tri. Dressage, cross country jumping, stadium jumping.
I have the BEST jobs!

[salsabike]

My God, you DO have the best jobs! How gratifying to hear that.

[Biciclista]

mounted police??! I thought you were a bike cop!

wow. how cool is that.

[salsabike]

How old do you reckon that colt is? A month, about?

[channlluv]

You ladies are so amazingly cool on so many levels.

The little horse is adorable. What kind of camera to do you carry and where do you carry it?

Roxy

[kenyonchris]

mounted police??! I thought you were a bike cop!

wow. how cool is that.

Both! I am an IPMBA bike cop too. Because we have a pretty small department (about 85 officers) and an ever expanding city, I am on the bike part time, the car part time, and the horse some of the time (mostly special events, park patrol, football games).
We work 12 hour shifts, so I get plenty of days off. On those days, I work out, ride the bike, then go and teach my riding lessons and get whatever horses I need to ride, ridden.

[Trekhawk]

Great pics Salsa!

[Biciclista]

not much more than a month, he's still a bit gaunt. but not less than a month, he looks too strong and confident.