While Finn wasn’t the right horse for me, I’m pleased to say that in the right hands, he’s turned into a really accomplished horse that will make someone very happy.

As readers might remember, last year I was at an impasse (Breaking up with Your Horse). He’d started exhibiting behaviors that I didn’t want to deal with — namely rearing — which made him no fun to work with and even harder to sell. Who would want to buy a horse that the owner can’t ride?

Serendipity struck when I went to try Rosie and discussed my problem child with her owners. Not in the least bit intimidated by Finn’s antics, they offered to take him. I saw him about two weeks after they took him and he’d already had a work ethic installed.

He starred in a commercial for Belmont Park Village, as they wanted a chestnut thoroughbred and he was perfect! It was the closest he came to Belmont Park (he raced four times and finished last, never passing a horse).

Then he went into a program with an eventing trainer and it turns out that he’s brave, athletic and likes to jump.

He spent the winter in Ocala (why do my horses always live in nicer places than I do?). And now he’s for sale in Connecticut. He’s jumping novice level fences, happily goes through water and is being ridden by a teenager.

Someone asked me if I regretted letting him go. Nope. Not at all. Maybe 30 years ago I could have ridden him through his issues, but I’m too old and the ground has gotten too hard.

He wasn’t the right horse for me. I’m loads happier bopping around on Rosie. But I’m very glad that I found the right people to work with him and get him on the right path forward. He looks like a super fun horse to canter around an event course with and that means he has a bright future with someone who will have fun with him.