A Little Chestnut Mare
I truly believe that a spirit of horse connects to the soul of a woman. You can feel it run through your veins like the warmth of the sun on your skin on a cold day. These connections don’t happen often, and when they do it is special.
She rode into the arena so confident her four white socks low in the front and higher in the back, head lowered and ears listening to her rider.
The arena was busy 20 horsemen breaking 40 new colts and she carrying a cowboy to assist in all matters crazy. Her face with a large white blaze and above her left eye a perfect circle cut out showing her chestnut color, and there on her right hip the number 54! Oh could she be for sale? This was a 5 day event for unbroken colts that receive the benefit of world class trainers who take them from the ranch herd they run in to under saddle ,cow exposed and the last day off to auction to the public for sale. Why did she have a number? Page 21 Lot #54 Sweet Dualin Jewels, 7 year old mare, she is for sale!
Okay, so she caught my eye out of the 50 plus horses in the arena. Really, 4 horses at home 248 miles away, no horse trailer this can’t be happening. Okay just one peak at her at that stalls, I just know she will be “marey” and yucky, right? Nope there she was quite, sweet and just so perfect! It seems she was a high school student’s horse and qualified in the high school and state finals cutting events. Trail perfect and cow broke…. Oh my! Yup I was smitten and coming back to the auction.
No rest all night, how high will I go, how many will be bidding on her… she would just be perfect with Hank. Liza from our town was there, she offered to trailer her home, it was all so perfect. I know this is going to happen!
Time is nearing and I am getting sick to my stomach, the parking lot is full, I lose my bidding card, the seats are filling, conversations around us are about the “aged” horses for sale today, I am getting a headache. She is number 5 in the lineup, up first is Lot 51a 12 year old red dun gelding , oh please all of you here want him, please be here for him not Jewel! The biding starts 1,000, 1,500 oh good, nobody is spending money today…. I have a chance 2,500, 4,000, 5,500, 7,200, What? It stops 13,500. Ouch this is not good. Next up 48, he sells at 3,500…okay this is better. Two more about the same okay this is good. In she comes, a cowboy brings her in she is showing off, working a calf pure confidence , bidding starts, 10,000 no cards, 5,000 no cards, 1,500 cards up, quickly 2,500, 3,500, 4,500..5,000 is my limit, stop.. Stop… 6,000, 6,500, 7,000, 8,000……….8,500. Sold!
To the rancher in the front row with the white cowboy hat, take care of my Jewel.
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