But she is still a looker and an excellent hunter type. We need to work on our dressage phase though - neither one of us is really into that . . .
Posted on 05/29/2006 4:17:11 AM PDT by beyond the sea
(snip) — KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. - Barbaro is enjoying a quiet Memorial Day weekend, good news for the Kentucky Derby winner who is a week removed from surgery for a life-threatening injury.
"Barbaro is doing very well and seems perfectly content spending his holiday weekend at New Bolton Center receiving abundant carrots, apples and veterinary attention," said Corinne Sweeney, executive director at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center.
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My friend had purchased 132 acres of 4 miles up a hollah and in the second year we bought Bill and Bob ... the gentle giants ... two half-brother Percherons ... coal black.
Folks ... to appreciate a magnificent animal, you have to work behind a couple of draft horses pullin' timber out of the woods. Watching muscles run and watching muscles work are two entirely differenty worlds of art.
Life changes ... That was another time ... but I'll never forget Bill and Bob.
Maybe................. nice movie too!
oops ... sometimers advancing into alltimers ... that was in 1975, not 1967 .... sighhhhh ...
Maybe................. nice movie too!
Scarlett Johansson was wonderful as the injured and fearful daughter in that movie. Robert Redford was great too........... (no politics here).
If you haven't seen it ...... SEE IT!
I agree.........
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I agree.
I find panthers, cougars, and some other cats near perfect creatures too! I'm in awe of so many of God's creations.
Very true, sir!!!!
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Btw......... your heart is good (jmo).
My daughter's TB mare sent Barbaro a sexy picture to cheer him up. She was wearing nothing but a pink halter (the mare, not my daughter).
Thanks for this update--I've been wondering how Barbaro was faring.
My mare has selflessly volunteered to travel to PA to cheer Barbaro up (she was a broodmare in a former life, and she is the easiest loader on earth because she thinks she MIGHT be headed for a Night of Love . . .)
God bless your mare! sniffle, sniffle
The little hoochie. ;)
But she is still a looker and an excellent hunter type. We need to work on our dressage phase though - neither one of us is really into that . . .
Isn't she gorgeous! What's 22 in human terms? I've known horses who made it into their mid-30s.
Now about this biz of feeding Barbaro abundant APPLES. I hope NOT! He has enough problems.
You're making me nostalgic for my hunting days! I wonder if it's like riding a bike. It's been easily 20 years since I cleared a jump, but I remember the day Big Al (the thoroughbred I used to ride) and I made it over the four-footer . . . whenever anyone cleared "the wall" for the first time, there was much rejoicing in the stable!
I also remember the time Big Al decided at the very last minute that he didn't want to jump the wall, but would let me go ahead and try it on my own. My head STILL hurts from that one.
I've heard various equivalence systems, but you would probably consider her about sixty. She has some of the signs of age - long teeth, loose lower lip, hollows over the eyes - but she's ridden every day and is in excellent condition with plenty of muscle. She has a bit of an advantage because she was never broke to saddle as a broodmare so she hasn't got the wear and tear on her frame that a horse in continual use would have -- she was 14 before she had a rider on her back (me). It was no big deal - she did turn around and give me a quizzical look, like "What are you doing up there?" but she's an essentially cheerful horse who's very human-oriented (from all those years in the breeding shed) so she quickly became a very good riding horse.
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