Tippy






Secretary

16.1hh Thoroughbred/Appaloosa

April 1991 - October 2005

Tippy was my first horse, given to me by my grandfather right before I went into my freshman year of high school. When I started riding Tipp at my barn, I fell in love, he was insane but had a good mind to work. He was the grandson of the famous Secretariat and had the speed to prove it. He was terrified of the wind and bugs, to this day my trainer tries to remind me of how much she really saw his belly and worried about us going over backwards. He was my horse though, and I loved everything about him and he was everything I wanted in a horse and more. He gave me hugs, he had his quirks, but at the end of the day he loved me more then anything and would always be waiting, pushing his face against the bars of his stall when I walked into the barn. That horse even knew my walk.

Our first show was secretly talked about as going to be a disaster, a crazy thoroughbred and a just 15 year old girl, but it was the day that we truly became a team. He was a beautiful horse, the best mover you can imagine and was willing to jump the moon, he loved it! When he came to my barn, he was starved and injured and he thrived with us and became the horse that everyone loved or wanted.

Tippy passed away on October 3, 2005. I rode him the day before and we had a great ride. I remember walking him out and having my barn owner, Karen, driving away to go pick up a horse and her looking out of the window and Tippy cocking his head in surprise and she remembers how perfect we were together at that moment. My mom picked me up from school early that day. I got in the car and she told me Tippy had died. Karen went to feed in the morning and he was laying down. She said he looked like he was asleep, no signs of distress, but she had a feeling that he wasn't asleep and he wasn't with us anymore. She touched him and he was gone. The vet came and found that he had a stomach aneurysm either while he was eating or right after. It caused him no pain and wasn't my fault.

I missed that horse more then I ever imagined I would. He was my everything and when I got a new horse too soon after, I resented my new one so much and wanted Tippy back. He was my dream horse, the horse I fell in love with the moment I saw him.

I will miss you forever, buddy...

Sarah














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