My Life
Practical Horseman|September 2017

Outside our boxes.

Amy Saydoff
My Life

This unexpected journey began with a random viewing of a YouTube video titled “Saddlebred Rescue Adoption Day in New York” a few years ago. I had been surfing the net and looking at horses after putting my beloved gelding down because of a painful neurologic condition. Over the decades I had evented, ridden dressage, fox hunted and trailrode, but as a 57-year-old with neck issues, I was not sure of my next move. Ruled out were any more 4-year-olds or off-the-track Thoroughbreds. Saddlebreds had been off my radar since one had been my favorite school horse as a girl.

But then I came across the video of rescued Amish buggy horses, some of whom had been headed for slaughter. With Saddlebreds back on my radar, I found a rescue organization with a former Amish buggy horse described as a sport horse prospect not too far away from my home in Middletown, Maryland. Asking my good friend to come along for support, we headed up the interstate.

この記事は Practical Horseman の September 2017 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

この記事は Practical Horseman の September 2017 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

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