Well I have had Sharubi since November 30. 2007. She was 5 years old when I got her, but turned 6 on Febuary 1, 2008. She is now 7 years old and absolutely beautiful, I couldn't imagine life without her.
Sharubi's previous owner died in a house fire and in a way I guess Sharubi was abandoned. The same year she also got a very high fever which left fever rings on her hooves (which are doing very well, I'm pretty sure they are compeltely gone). Then to ensure her complete recovery she got pretty much that entire year off. Then one day I came along. I absoluetly fell in love with her. It was the coolest thing ever. I walked in and I just saw the tips of her ears and my heart was pounding and I juist knew she was the horse for me. I was one of the first people to ride her in about a year. She had only been riden for a week when she came to my barn (My old barn. May 1, 2009 I moved to a new barn)
In Sharubi Years:
1. Age 4/5 owner died, left in field, fever, and recovery.
2. Almost age 6 she gets ridden for a week and then I buy her and she comes to my barn.
3. Age 6 to know, age 7, living happily with me!!! <3
The day I got sharubi was also kind of a suprise. I knew that I was buying her, but I had no idea when she was coming. So one friday night (November 30) my mom told me that we had to stop by the barn to talk to Laura, the owner of the barn, about something. I almost said that I didn't feel like going, but I decided against that and hopped in the car. On the way over I was think abou thow wonderful it would be to finally have a horse to call my own. I reminded my mom, as we were driving, that when I got a horse we would have to do this every day. She said I know completely straight faced, giving nothing away!! When we got to the barn all my friends like clustered around me. My friend Angela was all smiley and excited and my friend Amanda asked me if I bought Duffy. I was like no and as we were walking to the barn door the owner of the barn called my name and said she'd like to talk to me. I went over and she just kept teaching the lesson. So I headed for the door again and she called me back. So finlly I just stood waiting, I had no clue what was happening. Finally she came up to me and started talking about which stall I would like when I got a horse. As we were talking we headed inside and as I walking by a stall I looked into it and kept walking. Then I stopped in my tracks, backed up, and looked in. I knew the minute I saw her that it was my horse! I freaked out. I just stood in the middle of the crowd, pointing my finger and asking "did you know", "who knew". It was amazing. I wasn't really sure what to do next. I just kinda stood there at her door watching her. Finally the owner of the barn was like " you can go in and see her" and that was it. The minute I opened that door I fell in love.
She looked pretty big to me but Laura(the owner of the barn) said that she was 15'3h(she has now grown to 16'3h, lol). I took her out for a walk and just showed her off to everybody! That was by far one of the best days of my life!!!
At first we had no saddle for her so the first few rides at her knew barn, I rode bareback. Now mind you she was completely out of shape. Very little muscle, but at a pretty good weight. For the first few months I had her we worked only on walking and trotting. And let me tell you that trot was heaven! By our first spring(2009 is our second spring!!!) we started to canter and that was even better. The first few times I cantered her it was just about 20 feet at a time because we didn't want to tire her out. And a few months later we were taking our first jumps. And boy can she jump. She may be big, but she can jump!!!
So I guess tht kind of the first bit of our history together. Just a birds eye view though.
I just want to say though, when I got Sharubi I had no idea what a once in a life time horse she was going to be.
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