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[RC] [RC] encouragement for a friend - Lucy Chaplin TrumbullSorry, Cindy, I can't read your friend's email, since the online digestXXXes out such things. Amongst the 25 horses that completed all four days of Death Valley Encounter two weeks ago was a blind-in-one-eye mare ridden by 16 yr old Julia [Can't Remember Her Last Name]. I had the pleasure of riding for a few miles with Julia and her mare in the middle of Day 4 and as far as I could tell the mare didn't care. I believe Julia said that she could get a little cranky if another horse approached on her blind side - but then again, she's a mare, and most mares can get a little cranky if another horse comes up on *any* side. This mare had only done a few 50s prior to DVE and certainly wasn't suffering any ill effects due to her "disability". Another one I know about - local trainer/endurance rider Janine Esler has a horse that lost its eyesight in one eye due to moonblindness. I'm pretty sure the horse went on to complete Tevis afterwards. Cindy Collins <c_collins@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Lucy Chaplin Trumbull elsietee AT foothill DOT net Repotted english person in the Sierra foothills, CA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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