Navi's (Skip N Navajo) Story

Navi Summer 2013 on bottom and Spring 2014 on top

This is an older picture of her from the website she was listed for sale on before going to auction.

She was the last baby to be auctioned off during the big one day sale on Nov 24,2012. I knew nothing about her except where she had come from and her pedigree. She was part of an entire herd dispersal sale from where I had adopted Pixie Dust from. I went to the auction as I had done many times before just to watch with no plans on buying (always managed not to buy before). This time was different in the sense that I knew where more than 20 of these horses came from.

I got to the auction at 7am to walk around and then watch the loose horse sale. My friend met me there later in the morning so we ate, walked and then parked ourselves for the main horse sale. Later in the afternoon my partner met us there. We talked and then got a number to buy if we wanted. At this time we still had no intentions. But then we went out to look at the foals...we decided to bid on one. Crazy, yes, but it seemed right. Well I lost the bid on the first Saddlebred foal. That was okay, it wasn't meant to be. My partner left after that and my friend and I stayed to watch the rest of the herd dispersal go later. That is when I decided to try for the last Paint yearling. She had seemed sweet in the pens earlier in the day. We had spend time with them all, and really liked her. With that she was in the ring and not five minutes later and one bid I had won. It all happened so fast I looked at my friend and said "Did I win her". I jumped up and we headed down to pay. On the way out I ran into the person selling her and I told her I won #246. And with that she was mine and I had to figure out when to bring her home since it was after 7 pm and I didn't have my trailer with me.

Navi came home the next day after I got off work. I went to the barn to get a end stall prepared. She had to be isolated from the other horses for a month just in case. Better to be safe.

Navi is now living with my other horses. She is proving to be a smart little filly, full of stubbornness and love :) I love seeing her learn.  I look forward to spending many years with her and having her become a great trail partner.