Second Wind Equestrian - Alex Makowski

Overdue update:

First and foremost, June delivered a lovely c**t by Diarado a few days after my birthday. He is stunning and has quite a bit of personality. His sire has surged across national and international leaderboard for the success of his offspring.

Lewes is now two and the biggest horse on the farm. He is still intact and likely going to spend a month with the cowboy this summer for some early education. His sire, Camino de Harr Z, has a ridiculously high strike rate for FEI offspring.

Roxy, my five year old mare by Quite Easy, has been my primary ride for the last several months. She is going to her first lesson this week after a winter of grid work and flat work. Considering YEH if we can improve the connection in the flat work.

Percy, my four year old stallion by Parabol, has been sidelined with recovering from an acute, aggressive case of EPM. It has been an extremely challenging experience to watch him cope and fight for every day. He was in a full treatment for four months and finally moved onto the maintenance dose last month along with the liquid Vitamin E. The week before the onset of symptoms he was jumping fences and I was on Cloud 9. I start his rehabilitation with lunge work, slowly incorporating ground rails, moving into elevated rails, and eventually school over fences on the line. My goal was to continuously encourage coordination development to the hind end. He has been under saddle for nearly a month now and making progress daily. We play it day by day.

Fingers crossed for some good luck, healthy horses, and progress in any form. Cheers.