Lee Clark
New Mexico
On 2 May 1996, Karen Steenhof wrote:
> Lee-
> Don't sell your sickle hocked horse. I'll bet you anything that
> "Sunday,"my old pony-cross mare has worse sickle hocks than your
> horse. In 1985 after I did my first 30-miler on her, the vet said, "Well, she looks
> fine, but I hope you don't plan to do any 50-milers on her with that
> kind of conformation!" Well, I did, and after 2,010 AERC miles on
> her and only 1 pull, this vet and I laugh about her comment years ago.
> Sunday was never a "winning" horse; she was always in the middle of
> the pack (she was always top 10 if there were 20 entries or fewer).
> She's been retired from endurance for 5 years now. Now in her
> mid-twenties, she's still sound and next week she starts a new career
> with the local rehabilitation hospital's hippotherapy program.
>
>
> Karen Steenhof
> Boise, Idaho
>