Fwd: How horses enrich our lives
lives with horses are rich with feeling. You know this if you've
ever...
…choked back tears watching a new foal wobble to his feet for the first
time
...or watched your good horse wobble to his feet after
surgery
...or seen the ends of the reins float straight out as a reining
horse spins beneath them
...or chuckled to yourself as you watched a tiny
tot on a patient pony trot through a barrel
pattern at a saddle club playday
...or felt the building tremble as an
eight-up hitch of feather-legged giants towed a
hand-carved beer wagon into the arena
...or had your heart stop when
you saw your horse lying motionless in the pasture on a
sunny day and waited breathlessly for an ear to flick
...or cheered at
the screen when "The Man From Snowy River" slid Dennie down the
mountainside,
…or when Seabiscuit made his final surge to beat War
Admiral
...or cruised along the highway and seen a horse in a pasture and
wondered what he's
like to ride or pictured him as a prospect
...or sucked in your breath
as a horse and rider approached a six-foot wall
...or sworn a solemn oath
to your horse that together you would triumph
...or flipped through the
TV channels and stopped when you saw a horse even when
it was a commercial
...or laughed aloud when you rubbed your horse's
face and he rubbed back
...or gotten chills hearing Dave Johnson's "and
DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME!"
(or "Run for the Roses" circa 1980 ish?)
...or stood in awe at your
horse in morning play as he sprinted around the pasture, then
stopped, head erect, and snorted defiance at the rest of the
world
...or been thankful to see wild horses grazing casually at the foot
of a hill
...or felt calmed by the sleekness of a silky haircoat beneath
your hand
...or felt your jaw drop as you watched a Lipazzan perform a
capriole
...or if you've ever seen someone in the grocery store wearing a
certain kind of hat, or
boots, or buckle, or have a certain cut and length to their jeans, and felt
some remote
kind of connection
...or felt warmed by a soft nicker greeting as you
entered the barn
...or slid your hand under your horse's blanket to
straighten it out, only to pause in the
glowing feeling that you get when you touch the warmth of his coat.
...or riding on a trail with your horse, thinking how that trail over there
looks nice and
almost without asking, your horse has sensed your slightest movement in the
saddle
and he's now taking you there.
...or pulled up to your barn where you
board and only your horse greets you with a
welcoming hello from the sound of your car or your voice.
... if
you've ever been moved by any of these feelings, I hope you enjoyed the time
you
spent reading this. If you choose, please forward this to your horse friends.
Our lives with horses are rich with feeling. You know this if you've ever...
…choked back tears watching a new foal wobble to his feet for the first time
...or watched your good horse wobble to his feet after surgery
...or seen the ends of the reins float straight out as a reining horse spins
beneath them
...or chuckled to yourself as you watched a tiny tot on a patient pony trot
through a barrel
pattern at a saddle club playday
...or felt the building tremble as an eight-up hitch of feather-legged
giants towed a
hand-carved beer wagon into the arena
...or had your heart stop when you saw your horse lying motionless in the
pasture on a
sunny day and waited breathlessly for an ear to flick
...or cheered at the screen when "The Man From Snowy River" slid Dennie down
the
mountainside,
…or when Seabiscuit made his final surge to beat War Admiral
...or cruised along the highway and seen a horse in a pasture and wondered
what he's
like to ride or pictured him as a prospect
...or sucked in your breath as a horse and rider approached a six-foot wall
...or sworn a solemn oath to your horse that together you would triumph
...or flipped through the TV channels and stopped when you saw a horse even
when
it was a commercial
...or laughed aloud when you rubbed your horse's face and he rubbed back
...or gotten chills hearing Dave Johnson's "and DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME!"
(or "Run for the Roses" circa 1980 ish?)
...or stood in awe at your horse in morning play as he sprinted around the
pasture, then
stopped, head erect, and snorted defiance at the rest of the world
...or been thankful to see wild horses grazing casually at the foot of a hill
...or felt calmed by the sleekness of a silky haircoat beneath your hand
...or felt your jaw drop as you watched a Lipazzan perform a capriole
...or if you've ever seen someone in the grocery store wearing a certain
kind of hat, or
boots, or buckle, or have a certain cut and length to their jeans, and felt
some remote
kind of connection
...or felt warmed by a soft nicker greeting as you entered the barn
...or slid your hand under your horse's blanket to straighten it out, only
to pause in the
glowing feeling that you get when you touch the warmth of his coat.
...or riding on a trail with your horse, thinking how that trail over there
looks nice and
almost without asking, your horse has sensed your slightest movement in the
saddle
and he's now taking you there.
...or pulled up to your barn where you board and only your horse greets you
with a
welcoming hello from the sound of your car or your voice.
... if you've ever been moved by any of these feelings, I hope you enjoyed
the time you
spent reading this. If you choose, please forward this to your horse friends.
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