There we were, walking downtown. It was one of the few days I was dressed like I wasn’t straight off the farm, I had a dress and heels on. My mom and I were shopping while my sister was at piano lessons. And then we got the call that would turn our day upside down, inside out, and backwards.
“The horses are out and I have no idea where they could be, how many are out, or where they got out. I need help, get home now!” My dad was frantic when he called.
We all know the dangers of horses on the loose, especially when the barn is situated on a busy highway like ours is. The road is full of curves and hills that create horrible blind areas, where animals wouldn’t be seen until you hit them. Looking back, someone might ask why we acted
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Now all we had to do was get them back to the pasture. There was no way Lightning would be tolerant enough for us to take him the three miles down the highway back to the barn. We had to take him the more difficult way- down through the woods, into the creek, up the other creek bank and through a piece of fence that we cut.
This all went smoothly, until we got to the creek. Instead of going up the bank he ran down the creek. I’m the youngest which means I got to get in the creek and go after him. I took the heels off and jumped down the bank into knee deep cold water. I was able to get in front of him, and swung my arms to turn him around. The water bit into my legs worse than the wind could as it splashed up onto me. We finally managed to get him up the steep bank and through the fence my dad took down.
While this was happening, Mom was walking Domino down the road. Her old bones may be spunky, but we didn’t want her to get hurt on the muddy bank and we knew she should behave. She walked her through the deep curves in the grass until she got to the hill. Here, she had to watch for cars while walking a horse on a bridge where there is no room if anything bad would happen. She got down to the barn no problem, and I ran up to open the main gate. Domino ran through the opening to check her bucket to see if she had gotten any
As the scene commences Rawlins and Grady walk into the barn to see and examine a new bunch of three year old colts that have just been brought in. The reason for the Colts being brought is told on in a later page. Where the horses came from out is from the mesa, most likely one of the some 400 horses that were breed by Don Hector Rocha y Villareal after world war 2. The colts that were brough...
It was my senior year of high school, I was sixteen, getting ready to turn seventeen. It was my senior year of high school. I was not your typical girl wearing makeup everyday and worrying about getting dolled up for school. I did not play sports. Don’t get me wrong, I would get all dolled up if I had something special to do like go to a school dance. I had a part time job at Olive garden because my parents motto was “if you do not play a sport you need to work!” My mom used to say to me “you know Alana back in my time I was not able to work so you are very lucky you're able to work.
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As a child, many of us remember forcing our parents to let us go on a pony ride at a fair, and many more may have wanted a horse after that but unfortunately our fantasies were short lived.
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Valerie and my mom and me were spending the best time of our lives at Knott’s Berry Farm. We were going on the ride called super bullet. I told my sister “come on don’t be scared,” but she said no. I told my mom stay here with Valerie and my mom said, “Ok. I’ll stay and you go on the ride.” I told my mom thank you.
The couple walked to the barn with the horse quietly following them on the lead and Mangus, and Chief walked behind the horse. Knowing the animal was showing up today, Chief came outside when he saw the truck drive up and loved the surprise on the colonel’s face when he found out the horse belonged to him. With the new horse in his stall, they watched Bandit and Shotgun greet each other, and it looked like two identical heads looking at each other with both animals getting along and in some way they knew Jackson belonged to them.
As I walked out of the courthouse and down the ramp, I looked at my mom in disappointment and embarrassment. Never wanting to return to that dreadful place, I slowly drug my feet back to the car. I wanted to curl up in a little ball and I didn't want anyone else to know what I had done. Gaining my composure, I finally got into the car. I didn't even want to hear what my mom had to say. My face was beat red and I was trying to hide my face in the palms of my hands because I knew what was about to come; she was going to start asking me questions, all of the questions I had been asking myself. Sure enough, after a short period of being in the car, the questions began.
On February 21, 2016, I, Deputy John Arnold, went to 11747 West 105th Street South to assist another deputy in reference to a fight in progress.
beloved horses. During the fire, the dad realised the horses were locked in the barn and would
Storing the tack in the back of the pickup, they ultimately tied the horses up outside with access to the wild growing grasses.
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