Sad day boys, Sad day

cj45lc · #1 Thu, February 24th, 2011, 07:18 AM

Lost my rope horse yesterday, Willie was a helluva hoss. I'm not much for getting tore up over animals but this one is different for me, I raised him from the day he hit the ground & broke him & trained him myself. Won $$ at jackpots & rodeos any place we went & he was honest as a dollar, turn him out for months then go catch him knock the mud off & go rope any time. Hell he even sent my wife to the pay window at barrel races & she didn't even know which way was up. The best memory I'll hang on to was at a roping & my grandson was 4 so he was on Willie & I was walking him around the arena, an old fella looked up & said "hey son you sure look good ridin that horse" & Shane told him "yessir this is my horse & he is the best horse we got." I hope the Good Lord has him on good grass belly high with fresh springs all around.

***Longshot270*** · #2 Thu, February 24th, 2011, 07:37 AM

Sorry to hear that, I definitely know how you feel.

***cleatus12r*** · #3 Thu, February 24th, 2011, 08:52 PM

Sorry to hear that, CJ.

Hang on to your saddle horn, son!

Robert6401 · #4 Fri, February 25th, 2011, 07:51 AM

I'm a country boy but not a horse owner so most of what you said didn't make any sense to me, but I just wanted to offer my condolences.

***Longshot270*** · #5 Fri, February 25th, 2011, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Robert6401

I'm a country boy but not a horse owner so most of what you said didn't make any sense to me, but I just wanted to offer my condolences.

A good roping horse is higher on the totem pole than many of the relatives.

cj45lc · #6 Fri, February 25th, 2011, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Longshot270

A good roping horse is higher on the totem pole than many of the relatives.

Thanks fellas,
I couldn't have said it better, I have a 5yo coming along but dam it takes a bunch of wet saddle pads to make a good one & I ain't getting any younger. Sounds like you know the feeling Longshot, back in the box & if the boy on the head turns him I always knew that lil red joker would give me my shot, he held up his end quite a few more times than I did. I always wondered how good he could have been if somebody that knew what they were doing trained on him awhile. I just stayed out of his way & let him make a horse out of hisself, if you know what I mean. He was a cow hateing SOB rite from the get go. BTW I kept him through 2 divorces ... lol

Skip_1074 · #7 Mon, March 14th, 2011, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by cj45lc

Lost my rope horse yesterday, Willie was a helluva hoss.

Sorry to hear that. I can definitely say that I know the feeling, not that it is a good thing, but I feel for you. About 7-8 years ago, my wife lost her mare that she had been riding pretty much since she was born. There was a loyalty and trust between those two that you don't see in but maybe 1/10,000 of a percent of horse (okay well maybe a little better odds then that), but they grew up together and that mare did anything. She was a great all around horse and sure footed, plush she was short which was great when you get in the brush. My wife gamed a little before we met, but she was great on cows...ranching, cutting, penning, roping...I had them follow me down a sit back back and enjoy the slide bluff (not quite Man From Snowy River, but one that every time you could get stopped, you did your best to reset the saddle before doing it again) while pushing cows, and they never missed a beat.

Anyways, enough said. Once again, my condolences in your loss and I hope the youngster works out for you.

cj45lc · #8 Tue, March 15th, 2011, 02:07 PM

Thank you Skip