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Originally Posted by vegasbound
When I was in high school my best friend at the time had a very nice rope horse. She retired him at 22 because she felt he didn't owe her a dime and he could live out the rest of his life in retirement. That horse ran up and down the fence line every time she pulled out of the yard and he wasn't in the trailer. Eventually she started taking him along because he got himself so worked up (and yes, there was another horse in the same pasture as him) and took him out of retirement. I don't think I've seen a happier horse than the day she backed him in the roping box after pulling him out of retirement.
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Apropos of nothing else in the thread, lol.....but....my husband and his father used to rope together. Hubby bought a former race horse out of Arizona, who got a horrific fence post puncture to the abdomen - intestines were hanging out (stomach/intestines intact, just protruding). They retired him, guy in Dawson Creek bought him but his shipping was delayed, and by the time the horse arrived, he decided he didn't want him anymore. Hubby went and tried him out and holy hell, that horse. He took to roping like a duck to water - loved to run, that horse. I got to ride that horse a couple of times and to say he ran like the wind was an understatement. I don't always like to subscribe human emotion to an animal, but I think this horse was truly thrilled to be back doing anything that involved running. He was a magnificent animal.