LAKE CITY–Patrick may be treading water in the polls, but he’s been floating on a cloud nevertheless since he welcomed a newborn horse into his family.
As fate would have it, the long-awaited birth happened just after the It’s Time To… party candidate had left town with his family for a vacation. He received word as he stepped on board a cruise ship bound for the Bahamas, so it would be a week before he could actually meet his new baby, named Lexi after the teen-aged caretaker Patrick had left in charge of the horses during his absence.
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- Lexi and mother Roxy
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- “She’s the friendliest horse I’ve ever known,” says Patrick
The baby horse, a quarter horse/paint with vivid markings, is adjusting nicely to her surroundings, and may be the only bright spot in Patrick’s life right now as Leigh seems to be challenging his third-place spot in the polls.
Hmmm… Does it seem that Patrick is trying to take advantage of the “Baby Pandering” as well…