This message is from: Pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > . Solar passed away on 10/2/2001.
When I started working for Howard and Sophie they sent me to the east to meet with Lindsay. I spent two days with her and Susan Cook and Marcy Bear. I'd been away from horses for some years and forgotten what it was like to be wrapped in horse talk. The four of us took off in carts and horseback to trail ride the lovely woods of Vermont. Yea right, at one point I expected to see Sherpas carrying oxygen tanks. Those New Englanders are one tuff lot.Then the next evening, Lindsay gave me the tourist thing, only we were loosing daylight fast. Lindsay would point out a covered bridge over there- only you couldn't see it because it was so dark. She pointed out a historic farm with a round barn - only you couldn't see it because it was so dark - It was also pointed out to me where the beginning to the Bob Newhart show was filmed - but you couldn't see it ..... and on and on. Maybe you had to be there, but I never laughed so hard. She also introduced me to Denny Emerson - a personal friend of hers. I was impressed. But what I remember most of the trip was Solar - and Lindsay - she loved that horse more than her next breath. She shared some of her history with me and it sounded like he got her through some pretty ruff times. I've heard alot of stories on the Digest about people loosing their horses and the effect left on them, but boy, I'd bank on the fact that Lindsay and Solar top the list for heartbreak. Solar had 73 offspring. some super daughters like Villrose, Bryhyl Aryel, Sophia, Holly and Burlwood's Zoe. I'm sure there are more daughters deserving mention but these are the only ones I've seen. Not to mention the breeding stallion Courage, still standing in Holland - a son of Solar. Great horse - great owner - irreplaceable partnership.
