My girl has been a bit busy lately while transitioning into her new job. Apparently she’s doing something called “human resources” … To be honest with you, I was pretty busy myself (grazing) when she was telling me about it. From what I can guess, she’ll be helping busy horses with their staff of humans? I don’t know what else it could be. I still question her decision to devote much of her day to humans or their resources.
Nonetheless, my grandma has been visiting me more to pick up my girl’s slack. This provides a perfect opportunity to work my charm and convince her to get me something I have been wanting for a while…
My very OWN mini pony! My grandma was taking care of me the day that I met Pegasus, my friend Anya’s new mini pony. Grandma also takes me to visit a local mini pony. She clearly knows how much I want one, so maybe if I’m really good she will get me my own.
I’d ask my girl, but I know she’ll say that I can’t take care of a mini pony myself (well I know that… That’s why I have you around, silly!). Plus, she has a way of not quite getting gifts right. Don’t get me wrong — she tries very hard. She just doesn’t seem to get it sometimes. I’ll give you an example:
I asked her for a new truck, and she brought me this. Bless her heart — I am too polite to tell her that I don’t fit in this truck.
I apologize for the delay in the announcement of the winner. My girl has been busy and we were a little concerned when I picked the name of the winner.
Picking a family member was purely coincidental. Actually, I wanted to pick one of the carrots but my girl was insistent that I choose a name. It just so happened that I chose Salem, my uncle. “Uncle” seems like the wrong term since he is only a little older than me (although my girl is also younger than me — family is confusing!). We went on a camping trip together somewhat recently, and I’ll admit that I was a bit impatient with him at first…
… But once he got used to the trailer and I got used to his friendliness, we were good.
Roughing it in the elements together.
Anyhow, Salem told me that he’d prefer to have actual carrots rather than the Yes To Carrots sampler, so I had my girl choose a new name (I didn’t want her to make me eat paper again). So the SECOND winner is….
Valentino — a fellow thoroughbred — will receive the Yes To Carrots sampler set and he can choose whether or not he wants to share it with his girl.
Don’t worry if you didn’t win anything this round. There are more contests coming up. You can’t take home a blue ribbon after every ride! At least that’s what I’m told… I believe that I SHOULD take home a blue ribbon after every ride, but that’s beside the point.
REMINDER! To enter for your chance to win the Yes To Carrots gift set, simply leave a comment on any of my entries. Be sure to use your name and e-mail address in your contact information. The names will be written on pieces of paper, mixed and chosen randomly. The results will be announced MAY 3rd - Deadline extended as a winner has been selected, but we will select TWO winners this round to avoid nepotism!
Finally, someone has done something right in shopping for me. Thanks to loving aunts, I now have an attractive hat with which to impress others.
Don’t worry — jealousy is a natural reaction to my majesty.
Not only does my hat distinguish me from inferior, hatless horses; I also think it will help deflect Trail Trials judges against whatever biases they may hold against english riders on excessively handsome thoroughbreds. Perhaps with this hat, and through adding a little more patriotic flare to our competition attire, my girl and I will pass as trail riders and we won’t have our time wasted with “What kind of horse is that??? He’s huge!” and “You’re an english rider, huh?” questions.
Incidentally, I see that there is an assumption that non-western riders and horses couldn’t possibly be patriotic. An internet search of “patriotic saddle pad” or “American flag saddle pad” brings up all of two pad choices for an english saddle — one that looks homemade, and one that is $120 for a plain red pad with a small flag patch on it. What exactly are tack makers implying by making patriotic gear only for western horses and riders? It seems to be a slight against non-western horses, and to thoroughbreds especially who tend not to be able to even fit into western tack. Excuse me, but I believe that America enjoyed watching me on the racetrack. Do you think a horse named “Eagle” would be above wearing some Americana?
This is America! Exercise your right to whinny your demands!
If you also have stories of blatant horsey discrimination, please share them here. Perhaps we can start a petition for equal access to tack and accessories. Shockingly, being beautiful is occasionally not enough to be represented equally!
REMINDER! To enter for your chance to win the Yes To Carrots gift set, simply leave a comment on any of my entries. Be sure to use your name and e-mail address in your contact information. The names will be written on pieces of paper, mixed and chosen randomly. The results will be announced MAY 1ST.
My girl has been awfully excited lately about the arrival of what she claimed were gifts for me. Naturally I assumed the gifts would be edible, or some sort of attractive hat that I could wear to impress all of my associates. Well the day finally came, and my girl arrived with a freshly opened box and a smile of questionable intent. Impress my associates? HA!
Who am I going to impress with waterbottle shoulder-pads? I mean really, sometimes a horse just has to put his hoof down. Repeatedly. She also got me a new cantlebag, which has even more waterbottles! I’m about one farmer’s tan away from having a Big Gulp full of Mountain Dew strapped to my withers.
… Still, upon closer look at the drink holster breast collar, the rest of it is pretty nice. The leather and the hardware are of nice quality, and I suppose it’s true that my coat is so slick and shiny that sometimes my saddle slips back. There are some downsides to beauty. Do you really think that I get away with being this handsome without any repercussions?
Chest shot! I’ll see how long I can have this picture online before it attracts so much web traffic that I have to pull it down.
P.S. The waterbottle Aussie breast collar can be found here!
This is the blog of a thoroughbred who is called “Eagle.” I know that it is kind of confusing, but keep in mind that that is my last name. You can imagine me as an eagle if it helps you remember my name — an eagle is nearly as majestic as The Eagle (meaning me), so the association is acceptable. While I do live in Los Angeles, don’t get the wrong idea about me… I’m not a celebrity horse. I’m just an extremely good looking and charming horse, which leads people to assume that I must be a celebrity.
I’ve had a long and varied career, and now I’m an active retiree. I have my own girl who I take for rides and walks everyday, and once in a while I’ll even bring her to little competitions to keep her entertained. She says that she spends most of her time in a stall smaller than mine, where she makes sure that people have insurance or something. I don’t really understand how she busies herself, but I know that I have to take her out everyday or she gets anxious. My girl suggested that I start my own blog so that I can share my adventures and my opinions — apparently it’s what retirees are doing these days.
Here you can expect stories of my heroism, jaw-dropping photographs of me and my world, my expert reviews of products and sometimes even contests and other chances to interact with yours truly thoroughly.
I’m going to kick this off with a chance for readers to win something that both my girl and I enjoy: Mini carrots!
… Okay, wait. My girl told me what the prize was but she didn’t really explain. Let me look at it again.
So it’s actually Yes To Carrots “A Mini Serving Of Carrots Rejuvenating Goodness Set.” It’s a set of bath products made from carrots! I’d prefer the carrots, but I guess maybe they don’t ship well.
To enter for your chance to win the Yes To Carrots gift set, simply leave a comment on any of my entries. Be sure to use your name and e-mail address in your contact information. The names will be written on pieces of paper, mixed and chosen randomly. The results will be announced MAY 1ST.
So there you go! Good luck in the contest and, in the meantime, you can entertain yourself by browsing my photographs and reading all about ME.
