Fortunate Prospect dies at age 31
 

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...at-old-friends

RIP. He sounds like a really neat horse. I'm sure he lived a great life at Old Friends. Didn't realize realize he was Mark Valeski's broodmare sire.

It sure does sound like he was a really neat guy. R.I.P. Fortunate Prospect.

God bless Old Friends for what they do. Being in the business of caring for older animals is really something special. As we all know it's never easy when you lose one.

He was a really cool horse.

Never a better time to remember the wonderful folks at Old Friends for the care they give. Donate if you can in remembrance of Fortunate Prospect.

http://www.oldfriendsequine.org/

Sorry to hear that - he was a treat to meet at Old Friends. RIP, good old man. You had a great life retired in the Kentucky sunshine, and I'm glad your last few days were a beautiful, early, warm Kentucky spring with fresh green grass.

The video at Bloodhorse about him at Old Friends is terrific.

That really is a nice long life, he was a nice horse.

Hey Track rat is that your Tennessee Walker in your avatar? I have 2 of my own, theyre such fun horses!

Here he is last April just lounging about at the spry old age of 30.

From Michael Blowen.../Old Friends


Over the years, several people stopped by Old Friends to tell us we had a dead horse in the front paddock. "No," I would explain. "It's Grandpa, Fortunate Prospect, just relaxing." When his time came, I think everyone expected that he'd just lie down in the grass, like Flying Pidgeon, and surrender to the inevitability of it all. But, of course, that's not what happened. It's never what we expect.

I remember, so many years ago, reading that Farnsworth Farm was going out of the breeding business and putting the farm up for sale. I contacted Farnsworth's Michael Sherman and told him we'd love to have Fortunate Prospect retired to Old Friends. He said that if he couldn't place him as a stallion, he'd donate him to us. It took nearly two years and many phone calls but we finally brought him to spend his last years with us. And we were so lucky.

In spite of his being our elder statesman, it seemed like he would
go on forever. He knew how to take care of himself. He had a quiet
dignity...very self-contained. He was also kind to visitors without
ever giving up an ounce of his self-respect. He wouldn't beg for
anything. His eyes, even in his later stages, never missed a thing. I
think everyone who ever had the marvelous experience of being in his presence will never forget it. I know I won't

He knew how to relax.
:)