Ohmigosh. They break my heart. They all do.
There is an older Arab gelding at Creekside right now. He's a retired endurance horse and the owner is having him evaluated to see if he might be able to go onto some sort of light work situation. He's a wonderful horse with some "issues" and is sad and confused. He has been ridden by the same man for over 10 years. It's hard for me to understand why his owner wouldn't reward his sweet horse for 10 years of hard work by retiring him in his home setting. Nancy