Yesterday, Ken and I left before anyone else in the state was awake...or so it seems. We hit the road at 5am to head out to San Antonio. We encountered some form of precipitation every step of the way. Thankfully, we got there safe and sound!

It was misting a bit at the track. Everywhere was mud. Mud, mud, mud. Luckily, Ryan and his pony gelding were ready to take Psymin out as soon as we got there. First he had to warm up on the hot walker. Since it was misting, all I did was video while he was working. I pulled these photos from the video I shot.

 

 

 Here we see Psymin galloping his usual route. He went around the track for 1.5 laps. He trotted and galloped. It was VERY muddy but he didn't seem to mind it a bit. He also didn't flinch a muscle when other horses went wizzing by him.

 

Last week, as I've already blogged, Psymin got his lip tattoo. He wasn't very happy having to show me, but once he realized he wasn't getting another tat, he was happy to say a big CHEESE for the camera.

 

One of the things I was real sensative us, was to see if there was any change in his personality or demenor. I am happy to report, he's the same 'ole happy go lucky Psymin! He gets hay ALL DAY LONG and he loves it! I brought him a big bucket of treats and his favorite soft-centered peppermints. I had also bought him some chew toys and a big Jolly Ball. Oh, we found a feed store (as Jarrod navigated via cell phone) and got Psymin a big 50lb mineral block. He LOVES them. He licks and chews on it quite frequently and he went to town on it once it was placed in his stall. He has not lost any weight and loves to eat his grain. He's used to hard work under saddle, so we'll see how that translates to his track work under saddle. He may love that he is only hauling around like 110lbs with jockey and tack! He may want me to diet when he comes home.