I had to put my horse down a couple of hours ago. She was only 8, but had developed lung problems to the extent that there was scarring and the medication wasn't really doing anything. I didn't want to put her through the heat of the summer when she couldn't breathe. The worst part about it was that she was happy to see me, she came to the gate to ( Read more... )

My horse Cally has developed some respiratory problems and isn't keeping weight on at all. I was already having trouble affording her monthly board and have been trying to sell her for the past year, but because of the economy and the fact that she's not completely trained, I wasn't able to find anyone to take her. Then she got sick - I just got a ( Read more... )

Rose just called - my pony Blue left us tonight at 24 yrs after colicking. He was my best boy and he taught me so much. He helped me teach a lot of other kids too; he was the most patient horse I've ever known ( Read more... )

I officially put Callisto up for sale today :( I'm sad, but I really really really don't have time for her, and I don't really have the money to keep boarding a horse that I'm not using either. The problem is, she's not worth very much, so I'm worried that because I've put her up for sale so cheap ($1000), whoever ends up buying her will a)have no ( Read more... )

Eric Lamaze & Hickstead won show jumping gold! This is the first indiv. equestrian medal for Canada since Michel Vaillancourt in '78, and the first gold in an equestrian event since the '60s. I'm so happy; I may have teared up (again) :D ( Read more... )

we won team silver in show jumping ( Read more... )

My coach/boss/barn owner called an hour ago - they had to put one of the ponies down today. Spot E B Good would have been 34 this spring, and he taught countless kids to ride. I was still using him in my lessons up until last weekend - I actually left Rose a note about him on Sunday because he was acting really old all of a sudden, like it was ( Read more... )

R finally put up some pics from earlier this year on the barn site, so I snagged a couple of Cally :D

( Fuzzy!! )