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Friday, January 22, 2010

Goodbye and hello

In early November, on a warm sunny day, we said goodbye to an old friend.

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Dallas was my first horse, and he’d been with us for 12 years. He was a race horse when he was young. We know nothing about his racing history as his registration papers were long lost. Like all race horses, he had a lip tattoo, but it had become illegible.
After his racing career he was taken to a horse auction, and probably would have ended up going to slaughter had he not been rescued. He was then retrained as a riding horse. He taught me a lot about horses and being a horse owner.
He was 24, which is fairly young for some horses, but old for a thoroughbred who has been raced. I am very glad that we were able to make his later years pleasant and easy.

As sad as losing Dallas was, we were happy to welcome a new addition to the family.

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Twilight is a 4 year old palomino quarter horse. Only 14.2 hands, which is small for a horse. Almost large pony size. But perfect for kids, and not too small for an average sized adult to ride. He is very sweet and gentle, and amazingly calm for a 4 year old horse. He will be my 9 year old daughter’s 4H project this summer.

3 comments:

Gone Fishin' said...

You gave Dallas many good years - he was so lucky to have ended up in your family. And Twilight is BEAUTIFUL!! Love his color!!

Megan Nordheim said...

Kelli said what I was going to say. Thanks, Kel. Glad you're back. I want pics of the chicken costume from this year! You promised!

Unknown said...

I personally have a 14.2hh horse and she is the best! I am happy for your family's "new addition" and hope that the memories and happiness will be just as great as with your first horse!