Well I'm sure beginning to find out about the high cost of hay and horse upkeep! Here I am with 4 horses and I haven't ridden a single one yet! What started out as me getting back in the saddle again with one horse has quickly turned into a horse rescue operation. Sometimes I ask myself "what were you thinking"? I know my family and friends must certainly think the same thing!
That's it.. I got the idea to turn this into a real rescue business and Don suggested several names and I settled upon Resting Racers. It just seemed to fit... seeing as how I now had three Thoroughbreds.... and hopefully I'd get some kind hearted thoughtful folks to help me out with donations to help us support this new endeavor of mine.
My mother gets a real kick out of reminding me that I used to say that I'd never own horses again because of the expense and heartache. I think sometimes it makes her happy to know just how expensive they are.
We live in a dust bowl here in Arizona... no rain, no pastures and certainly not very good quality hay to be had around here at a reasonable price anyway. Thankfully my brother-in-law Steve has found a good source for hay down in Phoenix. He hauls in about 40 bales of hay that he splits between us and his horses very 2-3 weeks.
My horses are spoiled though. They don't like "grass hay"... being the hot blooded girls that they are.. they really only like "alfalfa". And since it's turned so darned cold (down in the low teens at night up here in the high desert) I've been adding corn, oats, barley and a molasses grain feed called C.O.B. to their diet. Many people have told me it's crazy to feed grain that horses can survive quite well on just plain ole hay but I want my horses to be content and happy, so I probably feed them too much. (I try to feed 3-4 times a day... instead of feeding twice a day)
Well hopefully it won't affect their energy level too much and make them too hyper. I guess time will tell.
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