Moon scores a 5.

Today we had a horse nutritionist from Purina visit our barn and talk to us about nutrition. It was really interesting.

After our meeting, she weighed and condition scored all of our horses. I'm very happy to tell you all that Moon scored a 5, (which, for those of you who might not know, is the optimum score.) He's not too light or too heavy, and is in good shape. Some of the heavier horses scored 6's and 7's. One little round pony was almost an 8. Each time a new horse was about to be weighed she asked us all to guess its weight. It was surprisingly hard. Some smaller horses weighed more than anyone would have guessed and some of the bigger ones weighed less. It was a lot of fun.

I'm going to switch his grain to Ultima, and so are most of the people at the barn. AND, we rode outside today, in the sun! There's no trace of the 8 inches of snow we got this last Monday.

Moon and I have our first show of the season in early May, so we plan to spend the next few weeks really preparing for that show. YAY SPRING!

Comments

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[kimt]

What a lovely picture. Here in Australia we only get snow in certain parts and not where i live. I would love to wake up to that one day. It did get to -7 degrees here but no snow, oh well. Your horse is beautiful BTW.