We all fantasize about our perfect barns. Here is what mine would be:
Situated on 30-50 acres with state-of-the-art facilities. I'd have an indoor arena with two sections of the barn on either side. The whole building would be heated and I'd have at least 30 stalls. It would be a training/boarding/lesson facility and all my lesson horses would be feedlot rescues and ex-racehorses. I'd have a few grooms and trainers on staff that specialize in rehabilitation and retraining.
I'd have two tack rooms, wash racks, and feed rooms (one for each section) plus a lounge, an office, outdoor arena, and a little store. The barn would be open to all disciplines but specialize in jumping and dressage. The pastures would have a creek running through them and lots of trees. I'd have a long, asphalt driveway that led to the main entry and an area with a fountain and benches. I would also take in auction horses and get them back into shape, retrain them, and sell them to good homes. I'd also put Norman in dressage training and have someone give him some show experience.
I want to make a blueprint of it sometime... I have it all planned out, just in case I get lucky.
I want to hear from you-- what would you do if you suddenly came into a lot of money?
First thing I would do would be to move anywwhere else as long as it was not Indiana! Then, I would find about a hundred acres or so that the nearest neighbor(also a horse person) was no closer than an hour away. And so on.....
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