Penniless
Well-Known Member
I have today had the emotions of being both high and then low within two minutes of each other, and now I'm very depressed! This morning I got a call from the vets hospital to say one of my top broodmares was out of intensive care a week after surgery, and was progressing very well. I put the phone down feeling really thankful for that bit of news when I got a call from my racing trainer in Newmarket to say my number one horse has broken down on the gallops and the vet was on his way. I grabbed my car keys and met the vet who gave me the news that my horse would never ever race again - the leg was totally gone. He's given us 6 years of immense pleasure and been in the winners enclosure every year he's raced, so we are devastated. Our vet says that with time he will be able to be ridden, so hopefully a new career beckons, but having finally got him back to health after an injury on the track last year, and the fact he was supposed to be racing tomorrow, makes it even more heartbreaking for us. Added to that, we are now forced to be realistic as the vets bills are enormous for the broodmare, so we've had to make the decision this evening to put our super little 11.2hh pony up for sale. This will really upset our little jockey who competes with him, but unfortunately we have no option. It's times like this, when you wonder why we have horses, but I certainly couldn't be without mine. So, to anyone who has a sick or injured horse out there, I know exactly how you feel and wish you and yours all the very best.