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[RC] Dead Horses - goearth



 
There used to be a time when ever i went away it seemed i'd come home to a dead horse  (happened twice). When i went to the beach for sun and surf i came home to g.m. Pogodney (Pogo 50 AERC Miles) dead in the paddock.  There was only one mark on him...on his head where he hit the ground.  Had a Vet come and do a post and there was no internal problems with the guts or heart and in fact it was huge, no bullets...nothing.  He was a small horse at 14'3" but had a wide girth and was just the nicest horse to be arround and, he was a true joy.  He only did one AERC ride but he was so good.  His full brother sold for a million bucks and i kept him for the owner and after a years board he determined him not of the quality to keep as an entire so i got him for free.  What do you do with a carcass?  I burnt him.  Took 3 days of bonfires and there were a few bone scraps and his shoes and thats all that was left an i swore i was going to build a piece of Art to the Horse of the Infinate Dream left unfulfilled using those shoes...but i haven't yet, tho i have the burnt shoes with the nails still clinched.  Life can be hard.  Its never easy. tom sites