THIS ESME TIPS
Mud Magic
With four light-colored steeds, Esme is no stranger to #grayhorseproblems.
BY ESME HIGGS
In some cultures, it’s said there are over 50 words for “snow,” but where I live, we have about the same number for “mud.” Wet mud, dry mud, sloshy mud, dusty mud, mud that wipes off, mud that sticks, brown mud, green mud, blue mud, red mud. Mud that will never come off your boots … Icould go on.
With all this mud where I live, you may be wondering, “Esme, was it really such a great idea to have four gray horses?”
That’s a good question, and it’s something that happened completely by accident—I promise. (You can meet them all in our profile on Esme in the March/ April 2023 issue of Young Rider.) However, all these grays have given me a special skill—you might even say a super power—and that is “how to get ponies clean.”