A journal from the barn
I've had him since he was two months old — which means I am the only complete record of his entire life. This is a journal about keeping a horse well, and about the one who came after him with no history at all.
Who's writing
I'm Morgan — an adult amateur, which is a polite way of saying I came to horses as a grown woman with a job, a daughter, and not nearly enough hours. I ask my trainer too many questions. I write everything down. I'm learning out loud, mistakes included: what things cost, what I get wrong, what a horse can teach you when you finally stop pretending you have it figured out.
If you've ever loved a horse more than you actually knew what to do with, you're in the right place.
The heart of it
Everything I think about keeping a horse well lives somewhere between these two.
The horse I've had since he was two months old. I know the year his teeth gave him trouble and the exact way he stands when his hocks ache. None of it is written anywhere official. It's just in me — and that's the point.
Meet Marshall →He came to me last year the way a lot of them do — sound enough, sweet enough, and with almost no history. No real record, a rumor about an old injury, and not much else. I've spent every month since writing one for him.
Follow Harvey →When Harvey arrived with a blank page, I understood for the first time how much of a horse's life simply vanishes when no one keeps it. So I started writing it all down. The writing-down, it turns out, is part of the caring.
From the journal
Nobody told me the real number, so I'm telling you mine — line by line, nothing hidden.
I asked my trainer something embarrassing this week, and the answer changed how I ride.
Why a horse with no history made me obsessive about keeping one.
The letter
A letter every other week — what Marshall and Harvey are up to, what I'm learning, and what things actually cost. No spam, no selling. Just the honest version.
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I'm also slowly building a tool called Horse Passport — a way to keep a horse's whole record in one place. It grew out of this journal. More on it as it's ready.