[javadog]

Disclaimer: I’m not a horse owner.

My dad raised and raced quarter horses when I was a kid. Two things I remember.

1. Lots of upkeep.
2. Two best smelling things in the world; an old time feed store and a saddle maker’s shop. If you’ve never experienced either of those, your life will never be complete.

That said, your wife is not a horse person. You either are, or you aren’t. She isn’t.

Horses come in pairs, you do not buy one horse and force it to live alone in a field.

Horses can live a long time. Might outlive you and your wife.

You live in a part of the world where maintaining a horse is really unpleasant, several months out of the year.

I have a friend whose sister owns horses, on a nice little ranch up in Utah. She has more money than she can spend, and is retired. He visits her several times a year and spends the days with her. They only stories he brings back are about taking care of the horses. No skiing, no snowmobiling, no traveling, no great adventures, just taking care of the horses.

I don’t see this as being anything even close to a good idea.