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Post by fancyherd@gala's on Dec 28, 2006 16:58:32 GMT -5
any reason will do! I just read the part about your daughter...LOL!!!
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Post by fototropic on Dec 7, 2008 14:45:39 GMT -5
Well, I finally got a good enough guess at Lilly's tatoo that I had it run by the Jockey Club to find out who she is. Nailed it on the first try! Her name is Slew's Lass. She is by Slew's Royalty out of a mare named Storming Linkage. Seattle Slew is her grandsire. She was bred by Frank Andermahr and born in California in 1991. She raced once at 3, but didn't place. I wonder how she got to Vermont. She probably ended up in Saratoga or that area. A lot of horses from there used to end up here as hunter/jumpers before everybody jumped on the warmblood bandwagon.
Anyway, we're pretty excited to know who she is. Now Anna can fill in the pedigree info on her 4-H horse project record. She couldn't wait to tell all her friends at school that her horse is a granddaughter of Seattle Slew. I'm going to get Anna a halter for Lilly with an engraved name plaque on it for Christmas.
Pam
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honeyfish
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Post by honeyfish on Dec 10, 2008 1:40:37 GMT -5
Pam, you are so great with your horses. What a lucky bunch you have. It's so nice when a horse's identity can be restored to them--it's wonderful you now have a registered name to go with that pretty face!
Good job. I do remember your original post about "in deep with an OTTB mare". I'm SO glad everything worked out so well for both of you!
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Post by fototropic on May 2, 2009 7:02:23 GMT -5
Well, Lilly's story has taken a turn for the worse. We have been struggling with an off and on lameness in her right front that has developed into an all the time lame at anything over a slow walk. After xrays, joint injections, a 28 day course of Adequan, and nerve blocks my vet did an ultrasound. He found a very bad tear in the sesamoid ligament. It has likely been there for years and gradually got worse and worse. At this point Lilly cannot be ridden and, honestly, isn't all that comfortable. We have had her on Previcox for about 10 days trying to avoid the possibility of stomach trouble with bute, but it isn't doing anything for her. We'll start her back on bute today. She seems okay at the walk, but anything any faster has her head bobbing lame. My hope is that she has a wonderful summer eating grass and relaxing in the shade. I will probably have to have her put to sleep in the fall. I don't see how we would keep her comfortable or safe over a winter here. I don't want to see her get hurt or suffer in the cold.
It has been pretty tough to deal with, but it is what it is. She's had a good 3 years with us instead of starving to death where we found her. We had gotten our hopes so high when Anna started riding her and we found what a lovely hunter princess she is. In some ways we are already grieving. I know that you all will understand.
Pam
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