{"id":899,"date":"2017-06-02T19:09:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T19:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcequestrian.com\/?p=899"},"modified":"2023-08-15T18:11:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T18:11:26","slug":"a-new-project-making-a-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hcequestrian.com\/?p=899","title":{"rendered":"A new project: Making a Match (Brio part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m starting a new blog series about my latest project, which is already well underway.\"\"<\/a>Photo by Kathy Colman Photography<\/i><\/p>\n

Meet Sawyer. He is a 28 year old Morgan gelding. Sawyer is a unicorn. He\u2019s one of the rare horses that has a platinum character and pizazz to go along with it. He can teach the smallest child to ride safely. He can pack your husband through traffic and hard trails. He can willingly prance and gallop along the trail, jumping creeks and looking damn fine doing it. He\u2019s everything you\u2019ve ever dreamed of in a horse. So why does he need training? He doesn\u2019t. He\u2019s 28 with a soft tissue injury, he needs retirement.<\/p>\n

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Liz is Sawyer\u2019s human. They are both lucky to have each other as they made each other very happy and had lots of fun. She is giving him the retirement he has earned at a great place in Pescadero. Liz isn\u2019t ready to hang up her riding boots with Sawyer, she wants another horse just like him. Liz is also nostalgic for the beautiful Spanish horses that she was around as a teenager residing in Spain. She wanted to buy Sawyer, but a little bit bigger, a little bit younger, and Spanish. She turned to me to help her find her second unicorn.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Liz and Sawyer, photo by Kathy Colman Photography <\/i><\/p>\n

So I went to the unicorn emporium and found him, right between the leprechauns with pots of gold, and the flying carpets.
\nActually, we had a typical horse buying experience. We tried a bunch of horses, vetted one that failed, amended our criteria, and had many learning opportunities. Finally we found a horse who fit the bill perfectly.<\/p>\n

<\/span>\"\"<\/a>These are my notes from my first meeting with Liz to talk about horse shopping.  She wanted a horse with Brio.  I think I delivered on that one for sure!<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nBrioso del Amor, aka Brio, is a 12 year old Andalusian (Pura Raza Espanola) gelding. He has low miles, which consequently means he is quite green for his age. If you look hard enough, you can just see his Unicorn horn starting to come in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m starting a new blog series about my latest project, which is already well underway.Photo by Kathy Colman Photography Meet Sawyer. He is a 28 year old Morgan gelding. Sawyer is a unicorn. He\u2019s one of the rare horses that has a platinum character and pizazz to go along with it. He can teach the … <\/p>\n

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