One of my sub hobbies is Crash Test Dummy for the rescue horses, mostly baby racehorses, that come into Safe Haven Thoroughbred Rescue, Inc.. This is where both Charlie – The World’s Best Carthorse and Midnight came from. Charles was a model citizen and got scooped up by Dan Wasserstrom, Midnight was there for quite a while because she scared everyone that came to try her until they refused to get on her. Kate Goldenberg has a theory that I put Midnight up to it so that she could come home with me. I would like to state that I definitely, absolutely, completely did not and was very sad to wave the potential purchasers off. Bye, yes the gate does always shut that fast, safe travels.
This year all the rescues – bar one – have been solid citizens who have only made very gentle attempts to deck me. (I feel a bit overly bold saying that as there are still a few weeks of 2024 for me to get thrown into some nice frozen mud.) The one lad who made it very clear he didn’t want to participate in this riding rubbish anymore has gone off to a non riding home. Thankfully Kate Goldenberg is a master at holding onto a horse that is contemplating an irrecoverable explosion and also listens to them when they tell her what sort of second career they would like to have.
Midnight
Midnight: won many TIP prizes and made it to prelim where she picked up the hard bit of the AEC qualification on her first attempt. We’ve made huge progress this year and picked up a bunch of ribbons.
by Sophie Reed
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