Aberjack is moving to California

Many of our readers will remember that we posted an ad on Sport Horse Nation a few weeks ago from Denny and May Emerson announcing that the famous eventing stallion Aberjack was available for a new home.  I’m very glad to report that Aberjack has found a new home.  I’ll let Teresa Fanucchi Groesbeck tell the story as she awaits Aberjack in California today.
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Photo via the Emersons

From Teresa:

I am sitting on the edge of my seat as I type. The trailer is loaded with hay, cookies, an ENORMOUS bag of carrots, bedded extra deep with shavings, gallon jugs of fresh well water are on board…and in just about a day, I will be leading the new horse on board and taking him home.

It’s a long drive home, after a big day of flying across the country and this horse is older and deserves some pampering. You see, I am the incredibly lucky woman who has been given Aberjack to take care of, and today is the day.

I will be meeting him at LAX, thanks to the efforts of Dr. Carlos Gradil, Polly who works for Dr. Schmitt, Bruno, of EquiAir California and of course, Denny and May Emerson. He will be checked out while  he is resting by Dr. Susan Bauer because it is a 7 hour trip to get him home after an already busy day. Thanks also to Debbie and Middle Ranch for allowing us to “bed and breakfast” with them.

After much consideration and on his caretaker’s and owner’s advice he will be allowed to settle in, enjoy the California vibe, and once HE decides that it is time, he most probably will be breeding again. Aberjack is still fertile, but since the west coast is home of some rather alternative lifestyles I am not going to assume anything. It is up to him.

I understand a lot of you might like to come meet this grand horse, so I will be scheduling a open barn in October at my facility and Aberjack’s final home, Cedarhaven Performance Horses in Wilton, just south of Sacramento.

I have never been “owned” by such a famous horse before and while I have envisioned greeting him with a marching band and all his fans, it will be a much quieter meeting of a few neck pats and that aforementioned bag of carrots. It’s only on the outside that I will try to be calm because on the inside I will be crying my heart out.

The very gracious May Emerson guided all this (once she pried Denny off the computer). Between helping Denny heal, dealing with the severe damage done to their town and community by Irene and the release of the information that Aberjack was available all in the same weekend, she maintained a very diplomatic tone and dealt with all of us clamoring for her attention patiently. Thank you May, I hope to meet you someday soon. Denny too!

None of this fantastic adventure would be happening without the help and friendship of Heather Bailey Strassberger and all the Pheonix Farm family. It seems we both like Tamarack Hills bred horses so between us we are working to bring its wonderful genetics to the west coast.

I hope all of you are as excited as I am to have this wonderfull stallion calling California home.

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