Personal Narrative: My Horse Jozi

“I can see in them an expression of my own restless spirit,” said Katie in Flicka. On October 30, 2016, I got my horse Jozi. She is an American Quarter Horse and stands at about 15 hands. Her color to me is absolutely beautiful. Jozi is a red roan dun. Her summer coat gets white with dashes of orange tinted brown throughout her body. Front face, ears, legs, tail and mane remain a brown with orange shine. With some stripes similar to zebra stripes in dark brown that transition to a reddish brown. In the winter, she looks a lot like a deer. The natural orange tinted brown shows through with no white in sight. Over the winter I was not able to ride or work with her much at all due to the mass amount of snow surrounding the barn and covering her pen. When we first got Jozi and you got her legs
I am not just taking care of an animal. I’m taking care of a living thing that feels pain just like me and it’s my job to keep her safe and satisfied. It was definitely different for me to have such a big responsibility. I myself had to make a few sacrifices since I’ve gotten Jozi. Getting up early in the morning, going out in storms, walking on ice with gallons of water, taking her out for exercise, keeping her clean and cleaning her stall out. Although there is so much upkeep and responsibility, I am beyond grateful that I got one of my dreams to come true. With the school year coming to the end and the freeing summer months coming up, I will be working with Jozi as much as I can. I’ll be getting her ready for the show seasons. We will be competing in the western games. These are mostly for speed and abrupt changes in direction. The seller told us that jozi’s previous owner had down both English and Western. I have faith the she’ll do excellent in the games because of her get up and go spirit. As a team, we will travel from one fair to the next hoping to get as high in placing we can