Ive been kicking ass in swim after being off due to a jacked up ankle. I have scouts watching my team, I think I do have a fair chance of scholarship for swim but that's not really what I want to pursue and my favored colleges don't offer swim programs anyway. Had my first meet in a month and I took easy and only did 3 events and placed 1st, 1st, 4th. Those also ended up as my overall standings in each event. 😁

Had to put down a 34 year old rescue pony because he was trampled by another old man horse, and hurt his leg and was layin more then standing unfortunately

My best friends horse passed of colic Friday when she was doing state testing. I didn't know it was her horse until I went with the vet (it's like a weird assistant shadow person to understand how they do stuff to be a good and proper equine Vet.) and saw him on the ground. I refused to believe it was him. Vet pulled 20 feet of dead cells and intestines during the necropsy. I viewed it myself, the intestines were so twisted and thrashed I've seen anything like that. This was her heart horse she helped train. He was only nine years old. He thrashed himself so badly that even if he hadn't passed he would have been blind in his right eye. The right side of his head was thrashed and bloody. I feel terrible and have no idea what to say to her- I've never lost a horse to colic like that, helped two through it, and lost one in after being weakened from it and then having a EPM attack. She blames herself because she decided not to go to the barn that day since she was tired, the barn owner also had no idea it had happened until feeding time, it's roughly 25 acres with 75+ horses. She was out at the vet delivering her mare for surgery. Rather then the blame game everyone thinks it's their fault. My friend looks to me for comfort but I don't know what to say, I know she hurts but I don't think words can heal this, only time.

I'm so sorry. It sounds like you have had a lot of bad things happen recently which can be overwhelming. You may not be able to ease the pain of your friend's loss, but sometimes just sitting with someone and saying, "I'm here for you" is enough.

Thank you for the response, it means a lot ❤️

I will tell her that ❤️

You an remind them how great they made the life of the horse while they had it. Although I would let them talk as much or as litle about it as they want.

To you I want to say that I know it must have been very hard, remember that you not wanting to think t was your friends horse is because you knew what the horse ment to your friend.