Ever wonder about the "what might have beens"?

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Ever find yourself wondering what might have been with our equine loves?
We turned our retired boy Sid out into his summer fields on sunday morning and to watch that big black bugger move was like watching the horse on the old Lloyds TSB adverts. All floating action and "look at me" head carriage. Other than the fact he has no bum muscle at all now you'd have been hard pushed to know he hasn't worked in 3 years, never will again and has a foot thats so badly damaged the vets at York hospital use him as a teaching tool.
Whilst it was lovely to watch him it was also bitter sweet as he was my husbands horse of a lifetime and we got such a short period of time with him before his accident. To see him canter off in the sunshine for one split second you could almost imagine he was still sound and working and could imagine all they could have done together.
Do you know what i mean?
Pointless post really and rather selfish as we still have Sid whilst so many have lost their boys and girls. I'm blaming lack of sleep and hormones so feel free to ignore me!
 
Yup, we bought the big mare to complement my daughter's riding style and ability at a time when she was beginning to enjoy competing and to believe that she was actually a decent and capable rider. We had had her less than two weeks when she fell whilst playing in the field and seriously injured herself. She did come right after 7 months box rest but by then the moment had passed. My daughter's never wanted to be the best but we got her into riding to boost her self-esteem and to give her confidence after a serious car crash and a year or two's successful competing would have just been the icing on the cake.

However, we're lucky she survived and she still gives both of us a great deal of pleasure, although now my daughter is at University so it's me that hopes to be enjoying competing her this year.
 
I know how you feel. I had (and still have) so many What might have been thoughts about Lucy. :(
((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))) to you.
 
All the time.
I always wonder where I would be with Koko now. He was so young when he died and I just knew he has a career ahead of him and I just wonder where I would be today if he hadn't died. What would happened to Andy as well, that is hard to come to terms with.

I think its really hard to not dwell on the what ifs but sometimes you have to think whatever happened happens for a reason. You say your horse has been used for teaching perhaps he will help develop new treatments in the veterinary world.
 
Yep, I wonder how Hugo would have turned out all the time, he was my horse of a lifetime and its not fair that he broke his leg at such a young age (jumping out of the field) and had to be PTS. I also sometimes wonder about horses I have been to veiw, if I had bought the ones that didnt suit, if the ones that failed the vetting hadnt etc and how we would be doing together now!
 
Yes.
I've only last week had a new horse arrive, to 'replace' my 18 yr old who can't be in work now due desmopathy, a tendon sheath problem. Most people on here are glowing with the excitement of a new horse, but I stood at the yard last week and bawled my eyes out, and am going off now... cos I feel I can't love the new one yet... my boy would still be my one and only, if only I could keep him sound.
He has been more affectionate and clingy since the mare arrived, and he's not that way usually. I see him hooning around the field now (especially when haylage is on it's way!) and he still looks so fit and well.... it breaks my heart. :(
 
Read something said once by a fishermans wife whose husband was lost at sea, leaving her to raise the kids alone. Went along the lines of only those lucky enough to have felt deep love who can loose it.
 
Yes, I wonder what might have been re my first pony ... I learned to love doing flatwork (couldn't really call it dressage!) and cross country jumping on her. Had I the chance I would have loved to compete her in one day events, and when she was older I'd have bred her in hopes of getting a foal with her talent.

Never happened though, I'd no transport to go to shows, no one else on the yard would let me share a ride with them :(
 
I was wondering today what would have happened if I'd have bought a little connie that I saw when I was horse shopping! He was the sweetest thing, but sold before my second look.

I know that Hugo is, after all the horse for me, though!
 
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