RIP Preaching Sister

jrgators · Postby **jrgators** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:58 pm

It's been the saddest day ever for us today.

Our Special Rate filly that was not quite 12 months old had to be put down today.

I have never had to put a horse down, and I hope to never experience this again.

Theo

Strategic Maneuver · Postby **Strategic Maneuver** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:04 pm

OMG Theo, I am so sorry for your loss. May sunnier days be ahead for you.

jrgators · Postby **jrgators** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:48 pm

Thanks So much!!

I know I haven't cried so hard I think in my life!

Horses are painful!

She was one of the 2 I had planned on keeping. She wasn't ever going to be able to run with her legs so sickled, but we really did love her, and she was the nicest foal we've had.

But again,
Thanks!
Theo

Postby **Roguelet** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:10 pm

This is the kind of thing that is SO heartbreaking... my condolences...

LB · Postby LB » Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:21 pm

I'm so sorry for your loss.

madelyn · Postby **madelyn** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:30 pm

So very sorry for your loss.

winds · Postby **winds** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:55 pm

The highes are high in this business but the lows are the lowest. Condolences.

winds

Nessa · Postby **Nessa** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:34 pm

Sorry for your loss. My condolences to all who loved her.

erins isle · Postby **erins isle** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 5:47 am

I am so sorry, we lost a perfecty healthy 5yo mare recently due to the action of a stupid vet. I know how you feel, if a horse lived a good life and it is time for him/her to go to the big stud in the sky, I suppose you have peace, but in this case.....I'm so sorry for you.

Mood Swings · Postby **Mood Swings** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:19 am

I'm so sorry

RIP sweet filly

jrgators · Postby **jrgators** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:46 am

I can't say thanks enough to all of you for your kind words!

Charley, and I love all of our horses, but I'd be a liar to say she wasn't extra special to us.

We called her Peggy, she had something wrong with her from birth, and we knew that she'd never make it to the track or anything like that, but we couldn't have asked for a great horse to be around. We had planned to have her for her lifetime, and we did!

She was the first one at the gate everyday, and she was never going to fuss about being touched by those BIG humans!

For a horse that we only had for 11 months, she was the bomb, and it still hurts, but I know it'll eventually get easier.

I will miss rubbing on her bushy forehead, and that whinny of hers was unmistakable.

Most of you don't know us personally, but you feel the loss profoundly, and again I thank you for your kind words!

Theo

Daisy Jal Dastur · Postby **Daisy Jal Dastur** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:53 am

So, so sorry for your loss.... I know how it feels....

skywatcher · Postby **skywatcher** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:22 pm

I am so sorry for your loss, its terrible to lose them so young

Roger · Postby **Roger** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:00 pm

gators, I'm sad for you and I don't have words to express my pain for you, if you are in this business you will have deep lowes and high highs. Take care my friend. I am late replying because I don't get here as often as I use to.

AscotStud · Postby **AscotStud** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:42 pm

Sorry, nothing I can say can make her come back, but know that my brother and I have been there before and have felt the pain you are feeling and know how hard it is to forget a special horse you see everyday. Whether it is a race horse or a paddock friend.