Deeman3
09-03-2008, 09:13 AM
Last night we came home from a pool tournament about 10:00 p.m. and there were police cars everywhere, lights flashing. We saw one of the horses being held by someone in the field across from our home.
Two horses had gotten out, one of ours and one a neighbors, and an 18 wheeler had hit Tori's prize Tennessee Walker at about 70 MPH in a 40 MPH zone. The skid marks were long and the scene was very gory. I could not keep Tori from the scence and she was terribly upset, of course. Thank God, the truck driver was not injured.
It took me, the state police, city police and fire department about three hours to clean the mess out of the streets and remove the main part of the horse from the road. By State law, of course, I had to bury Sinbad but we just left him in the right of way beside the road until this morning. I did not get in bed until about 4:00a.m. and Tori was up all night crying. I got up this morning and called my assistant saying I would be in late, having to find a tractor and such. A neighbor, who has the horse who escaped with Tori's had come by and picked up Sinbad and carried him off to bury him. This was unbelievably nice of him and I won't soon forget it.
The pasture they were in has a great fence but the older horse that ecaped with Sinbad is a 29 year old escape artist and, although she had not been out in six months, must have finally figured out how to open this particular gate!
Anyway, Sinbad was a great horse and Tori enjoyed him for many years but is very sad right now over the loss. She thinks of animals as family.
Two horses had gotten out, one of ours and one a neighbors, and an 18 wheeler had hit Tori's prize Tennessee Walker at about 70 MPH in a 40 MPH zone. The skid marks were long and the scene was very gory. I could not keep Tori from the scence and she was terribly upset, of course. Thank God, the truck driver was not injured.
It took me, the state police, city police and fire department about three hours to clean the mess out of the streets and remove the main part of the horse from the road. By State law, of course, I had to bury Sinbad but we just left him in the right of way beside the road until this morning. I did not get in bed until about 4:00a.m. and Tori was up all night crying. I got up this morning and called my assistant saying I would be in late, having to find a tractor and such. A neighbor, who has the horse who escaped with Tori's had come by and picked up Sinbad and carried him off to bury him. This was unbelievably nice of him and I won't soon forget it.
The pasture they were in has a great fence but the older horse that ecaped with Sinbad is a 29 year old escape artist and, although she had not been out in six months, must have finally figured out how to open this particular gate!
Anyway, Sinbad was a great horse and Tori enjoyed him for many years but is very sad right now over the loss. She thinks of animals as family.