This morning we had a tour planned with 4-H to visit Turf Paradise horse race track minutes from our home. I have always wanted to go but have never made it in. It was the perfect day for it. We started the tour watching the horses practicing on the track. Our guide was a retired jockey named Floyd. He was a nice man full of information. We took a tram to the stable area. If you could describe Heaven, Hannah was in heaven. We walked around the stalls with the race horses petting, talking and observing. They are gorgeous and so fit. It was fun to read the names of the horses scribbled on the wall with a permanent marker. The track houses 2200 horses. The season runs from September to May and then the horse handlers staff etc. disperse to places all over the United States. If I could I would love to work in the stables. I love the hard work ethic! I love the smells of the stables! I love being around the horses! It is the perfect therapy... Once a week Hannah & I are privileged to go to our friends the Johnson's house and muck stalls, feed, and clean/ scrub the water barrels of her six horses. It is hard work but it is the best feeling in the world to care for these beautiful animals and to get dirt under our fingernails.
Hannah, Taylor, Kiely enjoying the beautiful day on the track.
Some of the kids in the 4-H watching the horses practicing on the track.
A farrier working on a beautiful race horse
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