Moselle and I did one training ride together after she was broken in, but things didn't work out in the long run. We were not a good match. Bit of a personality clash and I ended up with a couple of cracked ribs. After she bucked me off for the 4th time, I decided she was the wrong horse for me. In my very first entry in this blog, there is a photo of me riding a bay horse. I ended up buying him, my mount for my very first training ride. The awesome Bashan Memphis, a pure-bred Arabian, also known as Pretty Boy or Ken Doll. The photo below was taken when the got off the truck coming home from an endurance ride. He still has a clay poultice on his legs.
Memphis is an awesome horse in both athletic ability and temperament. He is powerful, strong and an absolute gentleman of a horse. Memphis and I have completed over 1200km of endurance rides over the past 4 years, including a couple of first places, coming 2nd in a 320km marathon, and coming 5th in the State Championships.
I've come to the sad realisation that Memphis is 12, and I will need to think about my next mount in the next 4 or 5 years, not too far off, it doesn't seem all that long ago that I bought Moselle.
Now the countdown to the Tom Quilty begins. Started sorting out my gear for a 6 day camp with Memphis. Looking forward to it - can't wait.
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