Tristan Z

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December 31, 2009...



Tristan with frost on his nose, and when I looked at him head-on, he had snow in the middle of his face! He had been snuffling around in the snow, I think!


Tristan and his buddy, Flicker, are outside at Courier Equine Park. It was a cold, frosty day, but with his blanket on, he was toasty warm. When I first arrived, they were further out in the field, but when they saw me, they both came to the fence, hoping I would take them in! They have hay when they are outdoors, and hay cubes when they come in for the night.


Here's a video of Tristan rolling, and fooling around.. he's got lots of energy left for someone who has been outdoors all day! The video is not very long, because I took it with my digital camera. It was cold in the arena and I didn't want the camera to start malfunctioning. Also, the lighting is not very good since I had turned the arena lights on, but they hadn't warmed up yet, so were not giving as much light as they usually do.


Oct 10/09.

Tristan is happy in his stall at Courier Equine Park in Ardrossan, AB, just outside of Sherwood Park. I have kept a horse here before, and I like it here for the people, the way they look after their horses, and the indoor areana (especially in the winter!). Tristan really needs to be living indoors this winter, with daily turnout, not living outside, as he came up from Arizona and has not grown a winter coat yet! This is a long drive for me to visit and play with him, but during the winter I wouldn't be able to do anything much with him anyway, unless it is indoors, so the long drive is worth having him where there is an arena, and friends as well. The other horses living here are still on their daily turn out.

Don is getting acquainted with Tristan at Excel Equine Services where we boarded him when he first arrived. This is a great place during the summer, but not in the winter. I like my horses indoors except for daily turnout during the winter.

Tristan arrived in Alberta about 5:30 a.m. on Sunday August 16, 2009, after a long trip from Arizona. He actually was stabled at Bob Hubbard's Transport facility for 4 days waiting for a truck north, so although it took a long time for him to finally arrive, he was not "on the road" all that time. He was picked up at the border by G and H Horse Transport, taken to their homeplace for the night, then brought here the next day. I have nothing but good things to say about both these trucking companies.


Meloday, Shiloh and Jeremy getting to know Tristan on a blustery day. Since Tristan had not learned to go into the shelter that was provided, I put a "rain/wind-coat" on him for the night.


This was taken on the afternon of his first day. He has wrapped himself around Pat, who is not too sure about being up this close to a horse. After she gave him a treat, she decided it wasn't so bad!

Pat took this picture, and while it looks like he is really enjoying the gentle rubbing I am giving him, I think he really just blinked when Pat took the picture!

He lived in the outdoor riding arena for the first few days to make sure he didn't bring any "bugs" with him to spread to the other horses. I took my camera with me on the morning he arrived, but it was too dark and foggy to take decent photos. It's too bad since he was trotting around the arena with his head up and tail flagged - he felt so good to be loose again! While he was travelling, he was not turned out. This is a policy of most shippers, to protect the horses and themselves.

The following introduction was made earlier, when I had just become Tristan's new owner/partner.

Tristan Z is a yearling Arabian gelding who came into my ownership in June, 2009. I met him first when I was visitng Mary D in Gilbert in February. I am thrilled to own him now, and look forward to his arrival in August. We are waiting to bring him to Alberta until our summer quiets down!

"Sure, I'll pose for the camera... what do I get for doing this?"
(This is my favourite picture of Tristan, so far!)

Tristan's sire is Odyssey SC by Versace, and his dam is Kalila VF by Psymadre. I saw Odyssey SC at an open house in Scottsdale and he is beautiful. We will just have to wait and see if Tristan takes after his daddy in looks. We already know he does in temperament, as he is always willing to please.

Note added on Sept 13/09. Odyssey was named Canadian National Champion Stallion at the Canadian Arabian National Show in Regina, SK in August. We are thrilled for Duke, Odyssey's owner, to say the least!

This is Tristan's, "Who, Me? I didn't do Anything!" look.

Getting into trouble - it must be time to go back into his stall!

"There's not much grass, here Auntie Mary... it must be time for irrigation!"



Update! Aug 9th...Tristan is on his way to LLB... he is currently in Riverside CA at the facility of the transport company. The next leg of his trip starts on August 12th, when he will head north to Washington State. He will be met there by a Canadian horse transporter who will bring him the rest of the way.