What an amazing horse you were, a gentle giant, my old man. You were not a youngest when you came into my life although you behaved like a 3 year old. I trusted you so much, you gave me all my confidence back, I knew you would never let me down. Our bond was so special, as I trusted and loved you, you felt the same of me.
You knew the sound of my car when I turned into the stable yard, you would be knickering and calling me, nodding your head and stamping your hooves and all just to say hello, you would headbutt me and gently nuzzle my face – kisses I called them. I loved you so much my big boy. I wished you could have come to me earlier in our lives, but although we had 3 fantastic years together, I would have loved it
to have been years more.
You were a clown as well, you learned to open the car boot to get to your carrots and other treats and not to mention how you could open the feed room door and your stable, my Houdini. Your gentle eyes that said nothing but love and the special times we spent together in your stable being groomed and all the chats we had, your gentle nuzzles on my face to wipe away my tears. Oh my special gentle big man, how I loved you so and I always will love you, I still think of you as that special number one man in my life. I still have your bridle, halter and grooming kit and will never part with them.
All our rosettes still hang on my bedroom wall at my folks house. I had other horses after you my boy, but although I loved them dearly, I never had the same bond as what we shared. Its been 14 years since I had to say goodbye to you and the pain does not get any less.
I imagine you in a paddock with the sweetest tasting grass, a huge tree for you to rest under and a stream so that you could play in the water just like you loved to do, I see you galloping the wind
in your mane and at your heels.
Rest peacefully, my big man.
I love and miss you forever.
All my love,
| LISA MCGREGOR |