earlier this spring i said i would and i did :(

Sunday, guy came out and looked at my 3 big horses, he wasnt the first to look but he was the first to actually come back. i sold my 3 last biggies sunday. what a emotional day. i said goodbye to 3 of the best horses i have ever had.

Wizard, a beautiful sorrel tovero gelding, he was mostly white . and he was magic on his feet! i litteraly bought him when he was just a few hours old.
here are a few pics of him...






he is a gentle soul and only wanted to please


then there is Lisa, a beautiful APHA breeding stock mare her and wiz share the same sire.

i loved lisas spirit. she had the build and the ability to barrel race. but she also had a beautiful face too!!
she is chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail




that pic was when she was just 3 years old....

and then finally there was cora, a appendix QH mare, bay. so well trained that i could hop on her in the 25 acre pasture with nothing on her but a peice of twine tied at the base of her neck. what a sweet mare.

i cant seem to find coras pics on my computer..


they are gone, sold to someone who nicely offered to let me come visit. although i never will i dont think i could handle it. ill miss my riding horses, but since i cant ride any more there is no point in me keeping them, i dont beleive in pasture pets unless they cannot be ridden, i dont feel it was fair to them to make em stand there and do nothing all day when each is capable.
ill never buy a full size horse again, its too risky because of my brain malformation and i do not have the balance to ride any more.
i feel they all went to great homes, and that they will be ok.
i am glad tho, that i have the miniatures.. i would be lost with out them!!
thanks all for letting me mourn the loss (even tho they are still alive) of my biggies

 

thanks guys. im glad that there is someone out there who understands. as my hubby does not. he thought i should keep them 'just incase' i get my balance back. 4 years ago when i had my brainsurgery i had to cut back from 20 biggies, to 3 and wiz , lisa and cora were the 3 i chose to keep. my mom keeps telling me ' you can always buy another biggie' i tell her no. i will not buy any biggies ever again. its not fair to the horses. so my riding days are over.

in case you didnt know, i started riding english when i was just 6 years old, i rode well in english, dressage, and equitation . brought home lots of money and lots of ribbons and tropheys. i then went to western riding, started breeding and training barrel horses and westernpleasure horses. i ran barrels with my wonderful mare, Shadow who was a daughter of Sir Quincy dan. 6 years ago i wasnt just a hobby rider. if you would have told me that in a few years i wouldnt beable to ride any more i would have told you to screw off. now its just plain unbelieveable that i can no longer do what i love

this disability is the reason i started with minis, when my doctor told me no more riding green horses, i started with raising and training minis. i seem to have excelled at that. im much safer with the little ones.

my fear is, in 5 or 6 years my daughters will need a bigger horse, im not sure what to do about that!!

any who thanks again for letting me remember the good ole days , before i started having issues