I miss it so much... words can't explain... and yes I did know of your cousin... and heard about the accident.. so sorry for your loss... terrible to hear things like that
Mo was a good boy.. but had his moments... we were at a show in PA early in the season.. still full of P@$$ and vinegar from winter... there was a friend of mine who had a mare in heat.. and Mo fell in love.. even though he was a gelding .. he foaled a baby when he was too young to do that.. so he knew what it was... when I went in for my warm up run.. that sucker bucked in protest of me taking him away from his woman... so badly I got tossed off landed face first and busted open my chin... wind knocked out of me.. blood all over my chest.. I get up and butt heads I ride with are holding up fake numbers marking me out.. was ready to beat one of them off the fence... Mo was standing by the trailer in his spot I tied him at... just knowing he was in trouble... but I was determined to fix this bad day.. and get over the fear of falling right away.. I knew if it stewed it would be worse later on.. so a girl we rode with was an EMT... had her clean me up... glue the wound shut with crazy glue (really did need stitches) slapped a couple of butterfly bandaids on... lunged him till he was tired.. and lunged him again!!.. ended up winning a $300.00 check that day!!!.. my buddies thought i was nuts.. and yeah well I guess I am.. but he was good as gold all year .. but had to hammer me once a year.. once I knew it was out of his system I was good to go.. LOL.. and by the way I only rode for 5 years... and raced for 3.. was not born on horseback.. lived in a city growing up.. had a really good teacher though .. and boy could he pick a horse.. he found Mo for me out in Ohio.. before that he let me lease his old barrel horse that trained me right.. the horse was 19 and running for me like he was 8.. the owner said he must really love me.. had to stop racing him when his kidneys shut down... but he recovered and used as a trail horse... owner thought he was pushing himself so hard just to please me.. but at that age he was running 1D times.. the show before he got sick I came in 25 out of 300 riders.. and racing for less than a year... granted there was no winning money.. but made me happy cry after
