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Old 12-27-2013, 08:24 PM
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Default A Final Farewell

I've done this list every year except for last and apologize in advance for anyone who gets irritated by it.

I'm sure there are many names I've unintentionally left out so please feel free to add them or any special memory, replay, story, or just the name of one or two you were fond of if you'd like.

A nice way to honor a horse we've lost this year is to make a donation in his or her name but I won't bombard anyone with links, etc., this time around. I'm sure everyone here knows the many wonderful places that could use financial help (even a small donation).

I hope next year the list will be shorter.


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He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



Texan

Imperial Guest

Selkirk

Pico Central

Master O'Reilly

Autism Awareness

Didyme

Diligent Gambler

Wildcat's Smile

Bomber Boy

Asbourne Folly

Baltimoar

Ten Most Wanted

Beneteau

Elletelle

Pleasant Friday

Tough N Dangerous



When he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night,
And pay no worship to the garish sun.

~ William Shakespeare



Katchit

Iwillgotothemoon

A Toe by Three

Miss Denny

Lady Legion

Gougane

Generous

Backstreet Bully

Le Beau Bai

Fierce Face

Pressday

National Emblem

Ms. Stalwart

Rockamundo

Variety Road

Eagle Falls

Marquetry

LB Twenty

Jaime's Gold

Tough Madama

Graceful Pass

Bailey's Agincourt

Bobby Zapper



When you are sorrowful look again in your heart,
and you shall see that in truth you are weeping
for that which has been your delight.

~Kahlil Gibran




Aland Island

Media Mogul

Gilhooly's Super

Formal Attire

Coopnsocks

Arctic Crown

Speedicious

Maui Marquis

Single Rule

Flash of Steel

Black Mango

Darlan

Desert Vision

Towering

Defence Adviser

Mujamead

Jet Legend

Alpha Mike Foxtrot

Bobbyjack

Blue Blue Sea

Derive

Apt Approach

Oscar Nominee

Shinrock Hill

Fran's Folly



Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality.

~Emily Dickinson




Bob N You

Magical Miss

Franky Nails

Our Lady in Red

Hernando

Albertine

Best Win

Truism

Mr. Nacho

Meowser

My Sugar Sugar

St. Daddy's Day

Kazzia

Sulpius

Furius

Do it For Dalky

Matuhi

Rocknroll Hanover

Fraar

Miss Becca

Sister Earth

Nice Case

Percy Lewis

Iron Grace

Faltaat

Music Merci

Irish Katie

Twillight Ridge

Coax Me Chad

Fair Along

Beneficial



Sorrow makes us all children again - destroys all differences of intellect. The wisest know nothing.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson




Slew City Slew

Brian's Time

Battlefront

Little Josh

Basilone

Kashini

African Broadway

Benedict Audrey

Postmaster

Percys Reflection

Night Force

Montbrook

Pretty Prisca

Lady Rebecca

Captain Steve

Badon

Storm Cat

Reginaldinho

Air Groove

Colonial Affair

Dispute

Ronnie Rhino

Dominated

Taranis



There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief... and unspeakable love.

~ Washington Irving




Miner's Mark

Be My Light

Jawhary

Teafatiller

Blazing Bull

Live Lively

Nehro

Crack a Roadie

Epalo

Stout Hearted

Silver Lane

Goodfalik

Slippin Around

Fumino Imagine

Launchpad

Ulysse Collonges

Business Mover



Man, when he does not grieve, hardly exists.

~Antonio Porchia




Ironically

Buffy the Beatle

Simple

Justenuffheart

Shock'emagain

Pyramid Peak

Black Ice

Tefflah

Henry Hook

Master Milan

Counsel

Blazing Bull

Jocosity

In Excess



What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

~ Helen Keller




Rangirangdoo

Daylight Storm

Unaccounted For

I'll Raise You One

Joie de Vivre

Ben's Boy

Manito

Miss Robyn

Mecke

Ocean Wide

Fortune Together

Disfunction

Akkadian

Mr. Valentine

Silver Mast

City Glee

Midnight Moinarch

Shesadancer

Chief Monolulu

True Blue

Ugo

The Tiddly Tadpole

Big Knickers

Heavenly Prospect

Thomas Chippendale



When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk:
he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it;
the basest horn of his hoof is more musical
than the pipe of Hermes.

~William Shakespeare




Rolling Pin

Off the Jak

Fasliyev

Sewickley

Strait of Dover

Salt Tequila Lime

Dancing Chief

Hall of Famer Amy

Monzante

Personal Gem

Lamborgenie

Romanee Conti

Black Rhino

Unbridled's Song

Cruella

Northern Meteor

Rockport Harbor

Rockstardom

Nipissing

Debits and Credits

Arromanches




Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy.

~ Eskimo Legend




Charmed Hour

Heading to Toga

Home at Last

Lando

No Veggies

Kris Royal

Sarava's Dancer

Ricochet Court

Fastness

Desert Style

Smooth Handle

Indygo Shiner

Emerald Glade

Saginaw

Silic

Tokai Teio

Big Sur

Mentor Cane

Buzzonkey

Platinum Kingdom


Wherever man has left his footprint in the long ascent from barbarism to civilization we will find the hoofprint of the horse beside it.

~John Moore




Skiddles n' Bob

National Hero

Mineswept

Attenborough

Maui Mark

Rahy's Reflection

King Wnado

Sulwaan

Wash Park


To live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die.

~Thomas Campbell




Dayjur

Shotiche

Larry of Lynn

Aqlaam

Goddess of War

Klassy Briefcase

Ultraviolet

Killyglass

My Own Way Home

Bam Bam

Order of Magnitude

Emma's Secret

Lady Lectra

Ican Tknow

Sugar Glider

Verifiable

Ambassador

Heart's Music



The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears.

~Arabian Proverb




Points Offthebench

Pole Cat

Poppo

McCann's Mojave

Hoofit

Take Control

Dullahan

Extraextraordinary

Cooldine

Sonic Dancer

Pleasant Closing

Sanctuaire

Turallure

Harlan's Holiday

Hewitts

Secret Compass

Verema

Xquisit

Dry Martini

Coup Align

Jwala

E Sveikata

Salon Soldier

Nastique

Special Kid

Ruler Boy

Well Informed

Hollywood Harbor



Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break.

~William Shakespeare




My Lovers Eyes

Basket Weave

Summer Bird

My Wahoo

Coronate

Where's the Heat

Rock of Ages

Orangeyouacutie

She's All Yours

Driven by Solar



... as well as the unamed... victims of fire, slaughter, of abuse and neglect... those who no one knows about, fell through the cracks or were never reported.

Sleep in peace.
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Old 12-28-2013, 10:35 AM
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Well done, My Miss Storm Cat. Thank you.
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Old 12-28-2013, 09:30 PM
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Thanks MMSC
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Old 12-28-2013, 09:40 PM
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Princess Arabella lost her first baby, a colt by Tapit, in a tragic paddock accident on 12/21. RIP little guy.

Thanks for the list.
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Old 12-28-2013, 11:39 PM
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I remember thinking this had to be an act and it would end soon. It hasn't. You really have a love for these animals. You're very different and not at all in a bad way. This was very nicely done.
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Old 12-29-2013, 02:40 PM
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Thank you mmc. Its lovely to look back over names that time will likely forget at least one more time...
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Old 12-30-2013, 09:02 AM
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Thanks as always to MMSC for the annual appreciation..

Sadly, add Silver Train to the list. Colic victim returning to US Sunday.
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Old 12-30-2013, 10:35 AM
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Well done as always MMSC.
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Old 12-30-2013, 01:11 PM
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I wanted to quietly add in these names but I can't edit the original post.

It's awkward for me to thank you for the nice comments since I didn't do anything... all I did was put the list together... but I'm glad if it brought back a nice memory or two. I hope that we can think of them and smile and remember the great moments they gave us.

Princess Arabella's Tapit baby

Rocky Barboa

Mia Missile

Chok Chok

My Wahoo

Jimmy

Piping Rock

Silver Train
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Very touching, thank you for putting this together.
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Old 12-30-2013, 03:34 PM
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That's my sistah! Always thinking of those around her~

Speaking of which...someone has a birthday coming up soon me thinks!


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Old 12-30-2013, 04:09 PM
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Thanks, MMSC. As usual it's quite a list, and each one is special to someone somewhere who actually put a hand on him or her.

2013 In Memoriam (people and horses):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umi-pwBNHaA


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http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...2013-farewells
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http://www.drf.com/blogs/memoriam-2013
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Great job...didnt even know about alot if the big names..just sad
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Quote:
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BL's photos are so poignant, spectacular. From the heat of racing to the warmest, most intimate moments, like Marquetry and Irish Actress.
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