Randy

Randy and Katherine

Met the horses today! And Randy. Randy owns the black mare, who was raced as a 3-year-old; she has an impressive pedigree that goes back to Secretariat. Katherine owns the 26-year-old gelding (currently covered in mud). They partner on taking care of the horses, and we agreed that I'll take over for her while I'm here, feeding, hoof-picking, and brushing 3-4 times a week. Randy says we can ride as often as I like too, either in the round pen or bareback across the pasture to the creek where the horses like to splash.

Randy also has a community of artist friends in the area, and we're going to go to the Fredericksburg first Friday art walk together this week and meet some of them. This too is terrific.