Wildwych Oleander

Here we go again, one month went since the first time I met her. And, oh my, she is a TANK! I love it! She is being prettier and prettier. Apparently, mommy’s milk is pretty healthy! She jumps the ditch in her pasture from time to time. She has a great canter and even a nice trot. I wasn’t expecting that much, so that’s quite a nice surprise.

And yet it has been decided that she would come down to the bay area in September. It’s a long time to go but she is very good at Lisa’s and a new visit is already scheduled for August with my mom.

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 We arrived at Yuba City Friday night and after a short night, at 9am we were at Lisa’s. 

I recognized the beast from the driveway. A quick “Hi” to Lisa and we went to see the filly from a closer look. There was not much to say, she was just 1 week old and still a little bit folded. But nothing was wrong, I liked everything about her: shoulder, neck, bone… Actually she wasn’t very girlie and this might be why I liked her so much. 

The day after that I took a plane for France and I had 2 long weeks to think about it, 2 long weeks to count, 2 long weeks to dream… 

Once back in San Francisco I sent the check and the contract back to Mary. Easy as pie. That’s a new life starting on the other side of the earth. Who knew I was going to have my first very own pony here? Anyway, it’s a lot of fun!

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… the April 27th 2007 around 9:40am when Oleander showed up. I was looking pretty closely at the mailing-list to know how Amelia’s foaling was doing and there it was, Lisa noticed us Amelia gave birth to a beautiful big filly. I was still in contact with Mary P. at this point (Wildwych Stud) because I was looking for a pony of any age and she was Ole’s owner.

At the beginning, I would have preferred a colt. I always had strong relationships with geldings and stallions so I was looking for the same feeling with my own pony. I really didn’t want a bitchy mare who wouldn’t have wanted to work when it was time to do so. How stupid I felt when I understood I really liked this mule colored filly. So we talked about it with Mary and I decided to go and have a look at her.

So I went all the way to Browns Valley driving the SUV with hubby in the trunk. I didn’t have anything to lose and I wanted to see Eclipse and Jack anyway. 

Picture copyright: Lisa Martin

In french here…

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