Eye-yi-yi!

Oh horses! Look away for a moment and they’ve found a new and inventive way to hurt themselves.

Yesterday at turn-in time, Mirana showed us her cool new injury — a scrape just below her left eye. She was talented enough to avoid the eyeball itself, but regardless the injury was one that required vet attention.

Luckily, our vet was on site for another emergency call (when it rains, it pours) so we were able to get her looked at post-haste. The wound was open enough that it could take a few stitches, and Mirana tolerated the entire ordeal extremely well.

Because it is surely itchy, and because the last thing she should be doing is itching, we currently have her kitted out in an eye saver — a look that is both form and function, if we may say so. Some feel she resembles a bond villain, while others think she should start brainstorming her luchador name.