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Re: Re: Re: Beet Pulp Pellets????



ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2920.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;All things being equal, do ponies generally live longer than horses?&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From what I've read, the oldest horse on record is an Icelandic Horse (yup, a pony).&nbsp; She lived to be 57 and died after her elderly owner died - he quit coming to feed her, she would not accept feed from anyone else and she was euthanized when her condition deteriorated severly.&nbsp; The owner bought her when she was 21 and she pulled his egg cart for *28 more years*, then he retired her.&nbsp; She would sometimes pull his cart 45 km&nbsp; to deliver eggs when she was an old horse, if he took too long at a stop she would just lie down in her harness and break the poles. ;-)&nbsp; Eidfaxi is an Icelandic Horse magazine, they just did a writeup about the fabulous old mare, Tulle, in their last issue.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tulle was a gracious horse worth drinking a New Years toast to.&nbsp; Imagine buying a horse when you are/were 30 and having it with you until you are/were 80.&nbsp; What a joy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>Happy trails and happy holidays!</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>Michelle<BR>(Colorado)</DIV></BODY></HTML>

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