Post by horsesandthings on Aug 23, 2008 7:54:52 GMT -8
In 1984, my husband and I were working on a ranch in Prescott, AZ. There was a pretty good flood and a few of the horses were carried off in the water.
When the water slowed, we went out in search of one mare and her newborn filly. We found the mare at the base of a tree that had been filled with debris, lodged in the twigs and dirt, up in the tree, was her foal.
Long story short, we retrieved the foal, doctored her pneumonia, etc.. and six or so months later she and the mare were sold.
Well, between then and now, I changed husbands and horse breeds and secretly vowed to get my hands on another Peruvian Paso, somehow.
Now, another lifetime (2005), a different state, I was talking to a random person I met who happened to have a horse that she could not keep as she had acquired her for past board bills and the little sorrel mare was now 9 years old, not broke and hardly handled for the past 6 years, and she was a Peruvian Paso.
She asked if I would take a look at her to see what could be done. I did not think much of it as with my business, I am frequently asked that question, but I was very curious, so I went to see her.
I walked out to the paddock were she was temporarily being kept, she was laying down, I could only see her face, I immediately recognized her.
Now, anyone reading this that can do math is going to say, how could you recognize a horse that you had never seen before? 1984 was 21 years earlier, the mare was 9. hhmmm lets see.... She recognized me too!
It seemed as if she had always known me. I know the breed pretty well, and this was a 'hot' little horse, but we were very easy around each other - even the owner said so.
Now this is were it gets complicated, I asked the lady if she knew if the Sire of this horse was a Palomino, she said yes, it was on her papers. She would need to dig them out of her file but if I wanted to have the horse and pick her up soon, I could have her with her papers. How could I say no?
I got her home and after she settled in, I went back to get her documentation, the stallion listed was a horse that we had imported from Peru in 1987 (3 years after we had sold the mare and foal from the flood), and the Dam ... was the little filly we rescued from the tree.
When the water slowed, we went out in search of one mare and her newborn filly. We found the mare at the base of a tree that had been filled with debris, lodged in the twigs and dirt, up in the tree, was her foal.
Long story short, we retrieved the foal, doctored her pneumonia, etc.. and six or so months later she and the mare were sold.
Well, between then and now, I changed husbands and horse breeds and secretly vowed to get my hands on another Peruvian Paso, somehow.
Now, another lifetime (2005), a different state, I was talking to a random person I met who happened to have a horse that she could not keep as she had acquired her for past board bills and the little sorrel mare was now 9 years old, not broke and hardly handled for the past 6 years, and she was a Peruvian Paso.
She asked if I would take a look at her to see what could be done. I did not think much of it as with my business, I am frequently asked that question, but I was very curious, so I went to see her.
I walked out to the paddock were she was temporarily being kept, she was laying down, I could only see her face, I immediately recognized her.
Now, anyone reading this that can do math is going to say, how could you recognize a horse that you had never seen before? 1984 was 21 years earlier, the mare was 9. hhmmm lets see.... She recognized me too!
It seemed as if she had always known me. I know the breed pretty well, and this was a 'hot' little horse, but we were very easy around each other - even the owner said so.
Now this is were it gets complicated, I asked the lady if she knew if the Sire of this horse was a Palomino, she said yes, it was on her papers. She would need to dig them out of her file but if I wanted to have the horse and pick her up soon, I could have her with her papers. How could I say no?
I got her home and after she settled in, I went back to get her documentation, the stallion listed was a horse that we had imported from Peru in 1987 (3 years after we had sold the mare and foal from the flood), and the Dam ... was the little filly we rescued from the tree.
