Remembering Strider
Only 10 days after Strider came into my life, I was the proud owner of him. That was Thanksgiving Day 2005...
This is us on that day:
I was only doing groundwork with him at that point, while my coach and trainer worked to give him the basics of under-saddle work.
By the spring of 2006, I was riding and doing lessons with him. He was teaching me almost as much as I was (on occasion) teaching him.
This is us in April:
and these are from a lesson in June:
We had a great summer including going for a hack around Constance Bay and also tagging along to a show at NNEP where I just rode him around to let him experience the atmosphere at a competition.
Alas, our partnership was cut (tragically) short when he passed away on December 21, 2006.
Not a day goes by that I don't feel the ache of his loss in my heart. He has changed me for the better.
I miss you, my Strider and will always love you.
Winter Solstice really is the longest night of the year for me, in more ways than the literal.
This is us on that day:
I was only doing groundwork with him at that point, while my coach and trainer worked to give him the basics of under-saddle work.
By the spring of 2006, I was riding and doing lessons with him. He was teaching me almost as much as I was (on occasion) teaching him.
This is us in April:
and these are from a lesson in June:
We had a great summer including going for a hack around Constance Bay and also tagging along to a show at NNEP where I just rode him around to let him experience the atmosphere at a competition.
Alas, our partnership was cut (tragically) short when he passed away on December 21, 2006.
Not a day goes by that I don't feel the ache of his loss in my heart. He has changed me for the better.
I miss you, my Strider and will always love you.
Winter Solstice really is the longest night of the year for me, in more ways than the literal.