Festival News & Results

Hi, my name is Selina Kozlowski and my horse's name is Georgia. She is a 11yo Friesian cross mare. I got Georgia about a year and a half ago as a project. She was very green walk/trot unsaddle, did not have a canter undersaddle, and had a bucking issue. The vet floated her teeth and did not think she had ever had her teeth done and she was 10 years old. She had mutliple ulcers throughout her month. Her training was progressing well after we sorted out her teeth, until last July, when she got Potamic Horse Fever and had an impaction colic due to the virus. Unfortunately, surgery was not an option for us. Luckily, our amazing vet agreed to put an IV Catheter in so we could give her fluids day and night at home and pray for a recovery. Along with the fluids, she was getting several medications multiple times a day. A couple days went by and no luck. It was looking like euthanisa was the only option left. Later that day, she miraculously passed some fecal matter and later that night, passed the impaction. But, we weren't out of the woods yet. All of the medications negatively affected her gut health and caused ulcers so severely that she was showing colic symotoms from the pain. So now, she was getting other medications and supplements to help restore gut health. It took several months, but she eventually fully recovered and has been back in full work for about 7 months now. I am still very careful with her stress level, as she gets stressed very easily. Georgia still gets her special medications any time we are traveling or showing to prevent ulcers. She gets a daily gut health supplement daily. To prepare for the Festival, we went to several local shows over the summer. Sometimes we would show, sometime I would just take her and hand graze her. The goal was to get her comfortable traveling and going off property. It was a very long road to get where we are now, but I am happy to say she has been doing very well and progressing in her training. I am excited to see how she does at the Festival.