Letter from my horses breeder - happy post!

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A few weeks ago I contacted Weatherbys to see if they could forward a letter on my behalf to the lady who bred my horse.
I came home to a little letter in the post yesterday - it was from her!

Her writing was quite hard to read but I managed to decode it!

'Dear Jessica, I was so pleased to get your letter. I had given up on news of the horse you have now. I have been breeding a foal a year for over 30 years. I moved from the midlands over 30 yrs ago bringing up my first thoroughbred with me which I bought at Newmarket for £750. I have only had 4 mares in over 30 years. I bought his mother Miss Ritz at Newmarket as a yearling for £600. I broke her in driving her up on the moors in long reins and sent her to one trainer after another, she was raced as a 3 year old over 7f but had a problem when in season she seemed to suffer. So I got her in foal and she ran as a 4 year old winning brilliantly she was very fast but also very laid back and bit of a lovely ????He was a lovely foal and as a 2 year old went to a trainer who was a friend & trained him free of cost. I went to see him, he had been working really well but when I saw him I could see he had done too much - any how he broke down. I had no room to take him back so he went to the sales and was sold to a dealer who came back at me saying he wasn't sound. I never heard any more of him since. He was such a lovely boy when he was here. He is obviously too old to race now but he could have been a good race horse. A lot of good ????? Are fairly laid back. I still have his mother who is 24yrs. I would live to have a photo of him. If you ever come in this direction do call and see me. I am so pleased you got in touch with me. Yours, ----''
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I'm so glad she replied to my letter, I'm hoping that she might have some photos from when he was a baby. (The ???? is where I couldn't figure out the writing!)
I do wonder how badly he 'broke down' though as he seems fine now and my vet has no concerns about him other than his cushings!

Happy vibes for everyone from me :redface3::smile3:
 
What a lovely post and happy situation, nice for her to know he is loved after all these years sounds like she had a soft spot for him.
 
I will be sending her some photographs of him, I've just ordered them from snapfish so waiting for them to arrive! I feel about 10 years old again with a pen friend!
 
Wow.. A real hand written letter! How lovely for her and for you to finally fill in the gaps . It's funny I never think of TB breeders as being lone operators breeding a foal a year and hoping to get a winner. I bet she will be delighted to see how he turned out :)
 
How lovely for you both. Most breeders love to talk about horses they bred and love to hear how they are getting on. It's a real feel-good-factor for all parties involved :smile3:
 
Spring Feather said:
How lovely for you both. Most breeders love to talk about horses they bred and love to hear how they are getting on. It's a real feel-good-factor for all parties involved :smile3:
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You are SO right! It braks my heart when an owner doesn't see fit to keep in touch - or let me know they've sold one of my babies on. Thankfully, I usually manage to find them again!
 
This is a lovely post.

I wrote several letters to previous owners/breeder of my horse over the years and never got a reply. I also found someone who competed my horse when he was 3 and found her on facebook so I sent a message, I still have never received a reply to this day. :(
 
Lovely :)

I know where my babbies are, and get updates and photos to varying degrees, which I LOVE getting, and I've been in the same boat where I've contacted old owners or the breeder of horses and got a big fat nothing in reply. It's so disappointing :(
 
How lovely, id love to get some pics of my boy as a foal, however he was from a stud in Ireland so highly unlikely they will remember him. :( I have tried to find details of the breeder but cant seem to find contact details. If anyone has heard of the Watervalley stud let me know xx
 
Why would you think an Irish stud wouldn't remember a horse? I;ve had a few Irish horses and the breeders certainly remember them.

Will pm you.
 
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