Thursday, September 29, 2016

Thoroughbreds, my new obsession.

I recently learned that there are different kinds of horses.  I always knew there were smaller ones, like mules, but I finally met a bigger horse: this wonderful thoroughbred owned by Kathy from KEL Equestrian.  Here's a blog post all about him.

(This is the stall where Mr. Thoroughbred hangs out when I'm not there)


As I understand it, thoroughbreds were bred to run thoroughly fast so that they can excel at specific sports, most notably: barrel racing.  But ultimately, all horses are meant for eventing so here's what don't get: I know a lot of expertise goes into training a horse, but how could one cost $1.45 million?  That horse must be the most amazing ride, with air suspension and leather seats.  I bet any kid could ride him, no problem.

Anyway, I want to introduce you to Kathy's other thoroughbred.   He's probably a 1.46 million dollar horse.
I don't remember which one is him.  But he's one of them.  Isn't he cute!?



Simply because they're so big and cuddly, I wanted to share a bunch of photos I found on Instagram of other thoroughbreds that I'd love to meet.


THOROUGHBRED.



A photo posted by www.equinl.com (@equinl) on
THOROUGHBRED.



A photo posted by Emma 🦄🔮💜 (@emmzi88) on
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL THOROUGHBRED.


YES A THOROUGHBRED. CUDDLE IT NOW.


HELLO MR. THOROUGHBRED.


A photo posted by @ilovechocolate58369 on
THOROUGHBRED.


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10 comments:

  1. Checkmark115September 29, 2016 at 11:54 AM

    Thoroughbreds are the actual best ;)

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    1. JennSeptember 29, 2016 at 12:07 PM

      I second this. 100%.

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    2. Keith W MatapouriSeptember 29, 2016 at 11:24 PM

      One day I will own 16 of them.

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    3. JennSeptember 30, 2016 at 4:40 AM

      YOU GET A THOROUGHBRED! YOU GET A THOROUGHBRED! AND YOU GET A THOROUGHBRED! EVERYONE GETS A THOROUGHBRED!

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    4. Keith W MatapouriSeptember 30, 2016 at 11:07 AM

      Hahaha I am LOL'ing at this, and imagining Oprah sending thoroughbreds into her audience.

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    5. Checkmark115October 3, 2016 at 7:59 AM

      DYING hahahahaha

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  2. L.WilliamsSeptember 29, 2016 at 11:56 AM

    Lovely post Kathy!

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    1. Keith W MatapouriSeptember 29, 2016 at 11:24 PM

      Thank you, Kathy! We share SO MANY SIMILARITIES here in the bloggophere.

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  3. emmaSeptember 30, 2016 at 6:08 AM

    My thoroughbred only cost $100k as a yearling. So I guess he was kinda a dud. No air suspension here!! And he just runs (over) cones, not barrels. Oh well. Still a TB!!

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    1. Keith W MatapouriSeptember 30, 2016 at 10:35 AM

      You can't win 'em all! At least you didn't lose anything more than a downpayment on a small condo in California. And you can't put a price on TB snuggles!

      Maybe there's an opportunity for a new sport there...

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