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Zorro arrives at The Farm.

Hello everyone, and welcome to Zorro’s Blog. Obviously the posts here are my thoughts and not his, but each post will be about him in some way. (If Zorro wrote a blog, it would be about grain, running in the pasture, and bossy ol’ Onyx.)

So let me introduce you to Zorro! He is a 2006 Bay Paso Fino gelding, whom I  bought in late August 2009. His registered name is “LS Zorro” but I just call him Zorro. It’s Spanish for “Fox” and I think it suits him rather well!

Zorro lives on The Farm my parents bought in April 2009. It doesn’t have a name yet, so I call it ”The Farm.”  The Farm is about 20 minutes from my house, and the board is pretty cheap, so it works out great for me! He seems pretty happy there too.

I am a first time horse owner, with lots of lessons and trail rides under my belt. I very freely admit that Zorro is too green for me, but I think we can learn together. I want us to be trail partners and maybe try some showing some day. For the most part, I will be posting about Zorro’s and my progress. It might be kind of boring to non-horse-people, but I promise there will be cute pictures. As you can see, he is very adorable!

A word on my horse experience: I’ve been obsessed with horses since about age 6 or 7. (Yeah, I’m one of THOSE people.) I pretty much wanted a horse as soon as I knew what horses were, and I began learning everything I could about them. I love trail riding and have always wanted to do it on a regular basis, preferably with a horse of my own. Now that I’ve got Zorro, my dreams are finally coming true!

Zorro is a Paso Fino horse, which means he is “gaited.” You can read more about it on Wikipedia, but it basically means he has a special way of “running” which is very, VERY smooth to ride. As a Paso, he also has a small head and small feet. He will probably grow up to be about 15 hands high, although he won’t be fully mature and grown until about age 5. I don’t know a whole lot about Paso Fino horses, but I’m very excited to learn!

Luckily for me, there is a woman who lives down the road from The Farm who raises and trains Paso Fino horses. She is Marj of Wellgreen Farm, and she has helped my mom and I so much with the new experience of horse ownership. There are so many fine details of caring for horses, and it’s awesome to have such a great resource to call upon for advice.

I’m also new to WordPress, so forgive me if this blog is a little clunky for the first few weeks!