Waverly Horse Fall sale

 The finale to my epic "All Things Related to Horses" week was the Waverly Iowa Fall horse sale. Wednesday afternoon I went with my friends again, this time to meet her trainer at Waverly to pick up a horse she had sent to him. This horse was her Gypsy Vanner Autumn, a black and white 3 year old filly.  And the horse was riding nice and Rhonda was happy with her progress. Before we left we looked at the horses that would be in the sale, and I saw plenty that should come live with me 😉.  

  Friday was the day we were waiting for, and Rhonda was looking at several horses she planned to bid for. And the Hubs & I were planning to meet her there for the day. We were going for fun, as Hubs had never been to this horse sale.  So let's see some of my favorites from that day

This 2 year old Freisian stud sold for $16k

Gypsy Vanners foals

Baroque type Freisian 

Gypsy vanner mare

Paint draft/ Gypsy cross

Team of Blue Roan Percheron Geldings. I think they were nearly 9k apiece 

This mare reminded me So much of my beloved Kajun...

Gypsy youngsters

Of all these, they went high and none came home with Rhonda, or us, though Rhonda tried. 

   But shocker, Hubs actually did make a go for a 12 year old palomino paint mare bred to a black overo stud. She was grade, and needed groceries, but papers aren't a thing to me. She was confirmed bred by ultrasound by the salebarn vet. I was so flabbergasted that he was going for it that I couldn't find my bid number out of my bag, but we quickly got outbid anyway. He ran it to $500 though. Later he said maybe we'd have better luck in the spring sale when he had more cash flow. So I will just keep my eyes open. But I think of this mare sometimes yet and hope they got a good home. But maybe I was spared alot of worry too, as she was an overo. And being bred to an overo stud there's a chance that the foal would be lethal white. That would be heartbreaking. So this epic horse week culminated in Hubs actually trying to buy me a horse. Even if it fell through, the fact he tried was pretty awesome. I just keep faith something will work out in the future...