Horse people and wanna be's.

[Karen sn]

Horses are the best drug ever.

If you need a diet pill or a xanax
ride a horse and take care of one.

If you need to marvel at the strongest sexiest muscular flesh on the planet
brush a horse.

If you don't know where you belong in this world
saddle up a horse and let her take you there.

I miss mine so much today.
Missy in my life = best friend/escape at my fingetrips.
Missy not in my life = a clove cigarette and a Jack and Pepsi. Not that that's bad - but I can't have it now and I need something if she's not here.

Anyone have a favorite horse they want to tell me about? A first horse? A last horse? A horse story? A horse joke.

[Riverfront Headmistress]

Horses scare me. :ack2:

[TwinMominTX]

All registered quarter horses. Our newest is a 6 yo mare with a 2 month old filly by her side - Madison & Lillie. Three of our mares are pregnant so we should have more babies next spring. In a few minutes I will go start the feeding frenzy known as dinner.

[shalom22]

I have been blessed with having three great horses in my lifetime. You know the ones that you bond with.

But I will tell you about the most special one. His name was RJ, or Riskey's Happy Star. He was a bay and white paint colt. I got him when he was 6 months old. I kept him at a stable and I was able to spend every spare minute with him (this was prekids). I had him looking like the champion that he was destined to be. He was an extremely quick learner. I could do anything with him and he just kept an even temperment about him. When he turned two, I started to break him to the saddle. He was doing so well, I couldn't wait until the day I would get to ride him. But sadly, that day never came. On Jan. 10, 1991, I got the most terrible phone call at 5:00am. It was ranked up there with the phone call that everyone dreads, a call about a death in the family. This phone call was about a devestating fire at the stable where RJ was kept.

The barn that burned housed 18 horses, ranging from family pets to show horses. None of the horses made it out. Many of the horses belonged to my friends and their kids. We found out later that it was arson. A man came down from Ft. Worth to kill his exgirlfriends horse, that she has just recently moved in. I won't go into all the gory details, but that man changed the lives of so many people as a matter of revenge.

I can still remember the night before when my friend and I put our babies to bed. It was raining so hard. We left the barn at 10:00pm, I can remember the look on RJ's face when I turned out the light, he was looking at me through the door. It has been 17 years since that horrible day, but I have not forgotten. I loved that horse so much. It was truly like losing a child.

The man that done the deed was sentenced to 16 years in prison, I think that he only served about 10.

I am sorry that this is a depressing story, but thank you for letting me remember my RJ.

[Soph the vet]

I've had four wonderful horses during my younger days: a QH gelding, a QH mare, a fresh broke TB gelding, and a TB gelding right off the racetrack. The third one ended up being a hunter/jumper star on the "A" circuit.
But my most memorable horse patient was Sam, a 2100 lb. Percheron who I admitted to the U of M vet hospital for colic and he left a month later after almost dying twice and foundering once and 300 lbs. lighter!

I wish my dc could enjoy horses like I did.

[TwinMominTX]

I am so sorry. We've designed our barns specifically with fires in mind. It would be absolutely positively devestating.

I am sorry.

[Karen sn]

I have been blessed with having three great horses in my lifetime. You know the ones that you bond with.

But I will tell you about the most special one. His name was RJ, or Riskey's Happy Star. He was a bay and white paint colt. I got him when he was 6 months old. I kept him at a stable and I was able to spend every spare minute with him (this was prekids). I had him looking like the champion that he was destined to be. He was an extremely quick learner. I could do anything with him and he just kept an even temperment about him. When he turned two, I started to break him to the saddle. He was doing so well, I couldn't wait until the day I would get to ride him. But sadly, that day never came. On Jan. 10, 1991, I got the most terrible phone call at 5:00am. It was ranked up there with the phone call that everyone dreads, a call about a death in the family. This phone call was about a devestating fire at the stable where RJ was kept.

The barn that burned housed 18 horses, ranging from family pets to show horses. None of the horses made it out. Many of the horses belonged to my friends and their kids. We found out later that it was arson. A man came down from Ft. Worth to kill his exgirlfriends horse, that she has just recently moved in. I won't go into all the gory details, but that man changed the lives of so many people as a matter of revenge.

I can still remember the night before when my friend and I put our babies to bed. It was raining so hard. We left the barn at 10:00pm, I can remember the look on RJ's face when I turned out the light, he was looking at me through the door. It has been 17 years since that horrible day, but I have not forgotten. I loved that horse so much. It was truly like losing a child.

The man that done the deed was sentenced to 16 years in prison, I think that he only served about 10.

I am sorry that this is a depressing story, but thank you for letting me remember my RJ.

Samantha, that is so horrible.
I am devestated for you.
That is so much more awful than the accidental death of my own horse recently. Had anyone done it to her on purpose - I would have soooo much more grief. I am so sorry 17 years later to hear that anyone could be so cruel.

And here's to RJ whose life was too short - but well lived and well loved.
And remembered always in your heart.

[Karen sn]

I am so sorry. We've designed our barns specifically with fires in mind. It would be absolutely positively devestating.

I am sorry.

How do mean this? What kinds of things did you do different?

[TwinMominTX]

Specifically we have very little wood. We have two different barn structures and with the exceptions of the roof posts the rest of the structure is metal. We also store our hay in a completely separate area 200+ feet from where we stall the horses. Finally, we make sure we have adequate electrical services to our outbuildings.

I was so sad to read about your horse. It is a big fear of mine as we live only 1/2 mile from a major highway. It had to be devestating for you and I am truly sorry.

Dyan

[Remudamom]

Aw, I'm so sorry. The best I can do is give you a virtual horse, I have ONE left? You game?