Everyone was saying he passed away doing a job he loved, and I guess you can look at it like that. But it's still a jolt when a favorite horse dies, no matter what the circumstances.
Listen: Laine Ashker talks about her horse, Eight St. James Place, who died after cross-country.
Laine was brave. Despite her obvious heartbreak, she kept on kicking and finished 19th with her other horse, Frodo Baggins (a former star of the first "Lord of the Rings" movie).
I'm taking next weekend off, but I'll be in postcard-writing mode after that as I send you the details of the USEF National Dressage Championships June 16 and 18.
Until then, give all your horses a carrot for me.
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