The cold weather is pretty brutal right now. Our last horse died ‘unexpectedly’ two days ago .... 28 years old. She was in pretty good shape as far as body weight. She likely had a heart issue (most horses that old do) and frigid weather doesn’t help that situation at all - even if there was no heart issue, this kind of weather is just really hard on the senior citizens ... horses and people. The good news ... she was retired two summers ago to a farm where she was knee deep in grass, had a couple of kids that loved her (no riding, she was more of a large ‘pet’) and neighbors that fed her apples and carrots every day. She had a good life.
/johnny