Winter Horse Trading

There is snow covering the sage, shoes are pulled for the winter, cows are out on the desert trying to make a living on scrub brush. How's a fellar s'post to make his? Well, in this modern age of C list and DreamHorse.com, it is getting a little scarce to find a market for that wonderful little pony that now has clinkers stuck to its fuzzy coat. Sure, during the summer, it was looking real nice, all slicked up and sassy, braided mane and tail like a school girl. Now it kinda looks a lot like the back end of a cow dog that just ran through a cockle burr patch. Is there a place to sell such a thing as a project horse? Or a steed that needs a little work, so to speak. The answer is No, No, No. Ok, so we all realize that and are getting over the fact that a bunch of vegetarians in leadership ruined "The Horse Nation" as we once knew it. The question should be asked,"What can I do to rebuild it?". Blog turned advice column says, do what I did. Go down to the auction, lift up your weather browned, gnarled, rope burned hand and buy something. I am not saying you have to do exactly as I did, in naming her Minka and putting your daughter on her to move cows in the middle of a very cold snap. But, I found that it worked for me. Next day we sold a solid cow pony for a real nice, times-being-what-they-are price.