Honey the blind mare
Honey
was a top-dollar brood mare in Ohio when she went blind earlier
this year. As a ‘foundation' Quarter Horse, she
could have continued to deliver valuable foals every year
for her owners. But they didn't have a safe pasture
for a blind horse and didn't want to confine her in
a small pen.
Honey's owners called the American Quarter Horse Association for advice, and the AQHA folks suggested they call us. We agreed to take her, and a few weeks later this beautiful mare arrived.
Of course, Honey thought she was going to a fancy stud farm, and she still wonders where the stallions are. She can only find geldings who seem more interested in their sweet feed than her. She asks, “What does molasses have that Honey doesn't?”
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We made the mistake when she first arrived of trying to pair Honey up with a gelding, and that didn't go over too well with her. She found the poor guy had nothing to offer her and the relationship soured fast. We finally found she really just didn't like geldings, period!
Then we moved on to pairing her up with other mares, and even then we had to cycle through a couple of relationships before she found the right one. (Does this remind you of anyone you know?)
She spent her first summer in the Rockies out on pasture with her new friend. In adjoining pastures were the other blind horses, mares and geldings. But nowhere was a stallion to be found. We could see her thinking, “What kind of stud farm is this?”
