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I Dreamed of Friesians
Like many people, I had dreams of the perfect horse
in my head. The breed Friesian, to me the most awesome, and beautiful horse
imaginable, I first saw one in the movie "LadyHawke".
Then again in an ad for a Stallion by the name of
Nero. That image stuck with me and I was forever yearning for this beautiful
black horse to be mine.
In 1994, I met the wonderful stallion [now deceased]
Frans 289 at the Denver Horse Expo. I oogled all of the friesians there,
and left more smitten than ever.
In August of 2000, I was able to acquire my own
friesian. A stallion aged 18 months, named Wiepke P [pronounced Wip-Ka] I
always called him the Big Goof, for that truly did exemplify his
personality.
He was such a character, it would take me pages
to tell you the many amusing things he pulled over the 5 years that I had
him, he had the personality of 10 horses!
On November 29, 2005, I came home to find him dead
in the pasture, of unknown causes. I am glad that I was the one to find him,
and that no one had to come knocking on my door to tell me such dreaded news,
somehow I think that was meant to be.
I wish I had been able to have a necropsy done to
find his cause of death. Unfortunately, I will never know, and will forever
wonder what took my big beautiful boy from me.
Healing is slow, and I miss him terribly. He will
always hold a very special one of a kind place in my heart &
mind.
Wiepke, your stay with me was too short, and I will
always dream of all of the things we missed out on together.
I know how you must be enjoying the lush green grass
in your new pasture beyond the Bridge. And when we meet again, we will finally
get to ride over those endless hills and view awesome sunsets together
again.
Your Beloved Human,
Mary
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