We Ride Sport and Trail Magazine December 2017 | Page 19

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judge me when I tell you I recently broke my own rule and took on a project horse…well, there is this thing called fate.

With the fate of the horse in question, I listened to the heartfelt care and concern coming from the other end of the phone, "She's never been ridden, is eighteen years old, and was left in a round pen with a short lead line to catch her when I found her." ...Yeah, I had already judged the conversation, "Let 'em live free."

But oh no, this time the Morgan breeder in me had to ask the question, "What is her pedigree?" Did you ever hear the line from the Dylan song, "What's a sweetheart like you doin' in a dump like this?” I had to wonder about why this sterling pedigree ended up down this nowhere road. So, I took her—and gave her a dream life with a mare’s herd to run with, and green meadows to graze in.

My stallion, Patriot, at nine years old, has no progeny