FF Bella got all packed up and shipped out, crossed an ocean and a continent on Tuesday, and successfully landed in LA. A huge thank you to Jet Pets and Guido Klatte for making all of the arrangements and orchestrating the move! According to Jet Pets, she is an absolute delight to handle and was kind, curious, and gentle every step of the way (this is in contrast to the 2yo I shipped in 2 years ago who spent her whole time in the 3-day quarantine with Jet Pets trying to bite the handlers! They preferred this one!). She was unruffled by the travel and never showed any signs of stress. I received the same update from the owner of the Quarantine Facility, Farwood Farm, in Oregon after she was shipped from LA to Oregon on Thursday. I’m so excited for this special gem of a horse to get up here!
I have a horse that carried me through the 1.40m jumpers and managed to win more consistently than any other horse I’ve owned. She then proceeded to start Sadie in the Short Stirrups (and then Pre-Children’s and then 0.75m and 0.85m jumpers). I have had more offers on that mare than any other horse that has crossed my path. She is an absolute one-in-a-million horse who will retire with me for giving so much to me and then topping that by doing the same for Sadie. Her name is Foxy Socks (pictured below with Sadie this last year) and I owe her more than I could ever repay:
My point of a random story about a random (non-sales) horse? From what my Germans tell me, FF Bella is every bit as special in the same intangible (but oh-so-important) ways as my Socks mare. You only come across horses like these a couple of times in life. I cannot wait to meet my next special mare in person! Only two weeks! www.flyingfsporthorses.com/horses-for-sale/bella-1003/