Introductions and Ramblings

Well hello to all. I'm basically a nobody so who knows if anyone will read this but, for anyone who actually does: Here are some ramblings and thoughts from a horse crazy 18 year old (almost 19 year old) college student, working part-time, who owns and rides a spastic 6yo solid bay OTTB gelding, Charmer.



So here is me, Jannae. (Yep its not a very common name. Its pronouced "Ja-neigh" if that helps?) No, not Jane, not Jenna, not Jenny, not Janey, trust me I have gotten all of those and more. It's Jannae. But if it helps, I'll respond to anything in that list. I pretty much respond to any "J" name at this point.

So a little about me... well like I said, I'm in college and I own a 6yo OTTB. I'm studying to be a CS major. Not because I like school, or because I had a particular amount of knowledge on the subject before college, but simply because I need a career that will support my expensive 4-legged hobby. Being in college and owning a horse, means I am very money-poor, but horse-rich. I'd like to be money-rich and horse-rich, but gotta pick and choose some things.

Apart from school, work and horses, there isn't much time for anything else. But I still manage to be an avid Harry Potter fan as well as Marvel movies nerd. Speaking of both of those things. Just watched Fantastic Beasts last night. Loved it. Eddie Redmayne. He's fantastic. Enough said, don't want to say anything important about the movie, so just go watch it and enjoy it for yourself. On the Marvel movies front, just watched Dr. Strange. Twice. Absolutely incredible. Benedict Cumberbatch. Ahhh love him. Again another movie that I cannot spoil, you just need to watch it.



Okay now, here is a riding picture from when I first started riding because lets all look at baby Jannae riding and my cringe-worthy position at the time. But hey I loved this pony. His name was Steel. He gave me my first walk, trot, canter, jump, oxer, fall, buck, etc. Basically, you name it, I did it the first time on him.



Okay moving forward like 10 years to slightly less cringe-worthy. Here is me and my rockstar kiddo, Charmer. I got him about a year and four months ago. I got him straight off the track through some connections (you know who you are and I thank you so very much!). Its been a long journey with him, but I wouldn't trade any of it for the world. Okay except maybe that 3 months we took off when I first got him due to him having soft feetsies and me with that whole broken pelvis thing. But other than that, its been great!

So here's a little more on Charmer since he is really the star of the show. I show him under the name "My Lucky Charm" and he really is. Never thought I could love a horse like I love this kid (despite his sometimes crazy, hectic or weird moments. And his JC (Jockey Club for anyone who doesn't know) name is "Really a Charmer". He lives up to that name too. He definitely has a way of worming his cute little(try huge) face and self into your heart. He raced 6 times. He was actually fantastic. 4 firsts, 2 seconds. Problem is, he likes to bang himself up. His racing connections just didn't want to see him get broken down, so they decided to give him a second career. That's where I come in. We are training for jumpers/eventing. One day we will get around to recognized and rated stuff. For now, local it is. Anyways, he's 16.2, solid bay, no white on him (except the random little hairs that show up now and then? who knows what those are). And I'm usually a sucker for chrome, but this completely chrome-less kid has stolen my heart.

Okay well I'm done with my rambles now. I promise I'll do some actual stories or something next time, but this is just a "get to know us" post! Hope whoever reads this enjoyed it.