Happy Birthday Charisma!

Actually, happy belated birthday - Charisma turned 20 on July 3. Charisma is the horse that has been at our barn for the longest - even before my horses - and is owned by one of the other boarders. She is exactly the same red bay with no markings as Dawn, although she is more dappled than Dawn. Charisma hasn't shown up in many of my posts because she isn't turned out with the mare herd. Charisma is a Morgan, of Lambert breeding, and as with most Morgans, she is an easy keeper - in fact I think she could gain weight simply by smelling hay. She was turned out with the mares for a number of years for a limited number of hours every day, but she just got fatter, and fatter, and fatter, despite being worked most days. And she began to exhibit some signs of insulin resistance, and was tested for it, and now she is only turned out in a dry lot. The amount of hay she gets is also restricted.

The result is that she's lost most of that excess weight over the past year or so, and is looking better than ever. Here she is - isn't she pretty?

She's an intelligent mare with a distinct personality - but then I especially like mares!