Archive for Horses We Loved

A Memorial to Desi

Jan 30, 2008 No Comments

Some people may find it funny to write a memorial about a horse, but like most people that pass on, horses leave an impact on your heart.

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Dusty

Jan 15, 2008 No Comments

Another story of love shared with a horse. Thanks to Cheryl Cunningham I had a horse named Dusty (Lynrock Dust Too). He died last November at the age of 24. Dusty was bought for me by my Dad from Terry Jarrett from Bashaw/Ponoka, Alberta. I was not quite 14 and had just started team roping, [...]

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Pepsi Max’s Eulogy

Jan 14, 2008 6 Comments

Ryan Smith of Fleetwood Farms sent this story. It is really heartwarming to read some of these. I was looking for a good horse when I happened to meet a friend of a friend who happened to have a horse for sale. He told me all about this horse, how nice he was, what a [...]

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Partner

Jan 13, 2008 No Comments

Submitted to our Horses We Loved section by Darcie Conlon A very special horse in my life was an appaloosa gelding named Partner. I met him in Alberta in 1983 at a dude ranch just outside of Spruce Grove, called Slim’s Riding Ranch(across from the now Links golf course) and that gelding not only taught [...]

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My Friend Flicka

Jan 12, 2008 No Comments

Joyce Pollard sent us this about her very first horse for our section on horses we loved. I remember my first horse she was an old grey mare that had the biggest sway back you have ever seen. I was three years old at the time and truly horse crazy so my parents bought this [...]

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