She will be missed

She was ojnly 22 months old.

We had to put Ophelia down today due to an injury to her right hind leg. We are not sure how it happened, but it was clear that it was an injury from which she would not recover. She had bisected the superficial deep digital flexor tendon as well as the deep digital flexor tendon and incised the skin through to the periostium. After discussion with the vet, Nancy, and the barn owners it became clear that she was not likely to recover from this injury. In short, it would likely be a long hard road and she would not ever be able to be ridden or worked in any way. With this in mind we made the decision to have her put down. It was a hard decision, but it was the right decision. In the end, being a horse owner means that you often have to make the very hard decisions and do what is right by the horse.

Ophelia was a lovely horse and she has taught us all so very much over her very short life. She was the first, and I dare say the only, foal that we had from Olivia. She was the product of a breeding of Olivia and Bergamon. She had lovely movement and loved to jump, going out of her way to jump things even if they could have been walked across. She taught me to be a better person, and taught me how to put my energy and emotions in check in order to better serve the hose at hand. As horses go she was a very special horse, always full of energy and full of herself. She was a horse with a very big personality and that personality touched everyone who worked with her. She was an extraverted horse and that made her very tough in some respects. She was a constant challenge and tested the boundaries at every turn. If she was thinking something you knew it immediately since there was no filter between what she was thinking and what she was doing.

She will be missed more than words can express. Born January 16th 2005, died November 26th 2008.
Ophelia Viedo
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