A Final Farewell

[my miss storm cat]

For anyone who would like to remember those we lost this year...

I have tried to include everyone and apologize in advance for those I've mistakenly left out (or if I've misspelled any names). I have only listed horses here and not people and their order is somewhat the order of their passing (which I prefer to an alphabetized listing).

Please feel free to add in anyone I've left out, reflect, post a memory about a favorite or a great score... whatever you like.


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When he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night,
And pay no worship to the garish sun.

~ William Shakespeare


Caixa Eletronica
Six Drivers
Uncle Smokey
Shand
Side Steeet
Patton
Sunshine Forever
Blonde For Ever
Laughing
Dancin' Renee
Longevity
Wando


There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief... and unspeakable love.

~ Washington Irving


Afleet
O'Darci
Marsella Delight
Mr. Tix
St. Nick
Stormy Surge
Devil's Afleet
El Vino
Tiger Ridge
Dixie Sparkle
Blue Jay Attack
Battle Silk
Casey Lynn
Nero Emperor
Time Keeper
St. Nicholas Abbey


He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


General Challenge
Maath Gool
Cougarontheprowl
Minotaur
Flashy in Pink
Silver Cloud
Shertzer
Stormy Surge
Santas Keeper
Kiss a Rose
Go Canes Go
Chriselliam
Diamond Biko
Recall Dynaformer
Adeupas D Ycy
Investment Export
Hanoverian Baron
Tharaya
Equitania
Kelly's Eye
Domasca Dan
Mystery Taste
Budding Affair
Miss Go Free
Soul Searcher
Charlie Company
A Rosie Rebel
Maakirr
Kelly's Eye
Tizardo
Code of Conduct
The Usual Q.T.


When you are sorrowful look again in your heart,
and you shall see that in truth you are weeping
for that which has been your delight.

~Kahlil Gibran


Little Bridge
Minsk
Tiz the Truth
He's Not Too Shabby
Equitania
Davy Jones
Dixie Sparkle
Mosquito
Urbane
Sound of Drums
The Name's Jimmy
Regal Roller
Akdam
Stack the Deck
Weis Star
National Assembly
Our Conor
Sud Pacifique
Voltchesko
Valar Dohaeris
Sister Act
Forgot to Duck
Coothill
Silver Wren
SS Hot Sauce
Miss Da Sunrise
Tawdry
Stormy But Valid


Give sorrow words;
the grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break.

~William Shakespeare


Win Silas
The Program
Hechicero
Miss Palatine
Andromeda's Coming
Onlyforyou
Itsagoodtendollars
Robe Decollete
Fardan
California Dane
Gadget Girl
Raya Star
Cellophone
Concept
Broadway Peyton
Zulieka
Vagabond Shoes
Tizardo
Soul Searcher
Very Elusive
Une Armour
Miss Go Free
Byerley Barb
Miscato
Finesse
Excedent
Domasca Dan
Taba Dance
Warm Courage
Sound of Drums
Zip It Jeannie
Thrive
Betrando
Second Effort
Urbane
Mars


Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality.

~Emily Dickinson


Azamour
Bull inthe Heather
Blanco
My Flag
Unbridled Belle
Electric Eddie
I Am Snippety
Bond Holder
Safely Kept
Well Related
Robbers Roost
Mass Destruction
Flatterer
Gold Case
Wah May Star
Simbaah
La Jolla Cove
Fly Down
Miss Palatine
Tribal Rule
Chelokee


Sorrow makes us all children again - destroys all differences of intellect. The wisest know nothing.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson


Canadian Winner
Norse of Corse
Mucky Molly
Moni Maker
Handstand
Mr. Lennygreengrass
Hotradamus
Granny Calling
Red Rocco
Smoke on the Water
Crimson Flyer
Andromedas Coming
Boston Chief
Majorica King
Zion HIll
Well Related
Aussi Austin
Robbers Roost
Cotton Mill
Cuban Devil
Little Louie


What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

~ Helen Keller


Aptitude
Gameboy Luke
Forest Walker
The Potting Shed
Cunning Act
Al Bahathri
Delegation
Crusader Sword
Head Rush
Eastbury
Dehere
Pistolero
Cap Elorn
Jaspar Massini
Kenny Powers
Blushing Martha
Artful Lady
Mark of Esteem
Blowing Wind
Never Tell Lynda
Stadpark
Reflective Glory
VIsion in Gold
Clever Allemont
Lochsong
Theverythoughtof U
Bert the Alert
Point Taken
Bridgetown


Grief can be the garden of compassion.
If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom.

~Rumi


Noble Causeway
Rosberg
Wekiva Springs
Made of Ice
Canny Lad
Niblick
Socialbug
Commendable
Sir Graham Wade
Bear's Spirit
Revani
K Lightning
Roses for Romney
Lesstalk in Paris
Tiger Ridge
Kahal
Beckermet
Apropos
Lammtarra
This Guy is Blue
Sacred Heart
Killian
Streaterville
Commands
Corlett Drive
Prized


Man, when he does not grieve, hardly exists.

~Antonio Porchia


Vintage Crop
Chief Barker
Call Box
Branston De Soto
Brushburn
Havana Sunrise
Out Deputy Express
Disco Rico
Tarikhi
My Belle Etoile
Casey Ryback
Kokaltash
Missy Zelliot
Music Maid
Indomitable Woman
Dark Timbers
Ocean Power
Back Talking
Tough Orphan
Song For Krismike
Guidopanzini
Se More Business
Longview Drive
Little Swiss Echo


To live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die.

~Thomas Campbell


J Cat
Beau Genius
Treble Heights
Chilled Mousse
Vader Grade
Songye
Italian Legace
Delta Princess
Maji Moto
Bob Lingo
Rodrigo De Triano
Gryphon Gold
Serious
Steppinggood
Bayview Drive
Trail Blaze
Da Rage Girl
Cool Under Fire
Yes She's Unusual
Dance With Fate


Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy.

~ Eskimo Legend


Thorn Song
Quorum
Mount Saint Michael
Seismic
Secret Beau
Lavander Road
Chattering Gambler
Sir William Bruce
The Phantom Chance
Banker Bailout
Regretless
Inchila
Scotsbrook Cloud
Skimming the Sky
Mr. B and Tee
Little Tower
Russian Rhythm


There are no good-byes. Where ever you'll be, you'll be in my heart.

~ Mahatma Gandhi


Wedding Ring
Makari
Kamarius
Ludicrous
Elena Strikes
Duke of Grazeon
Merry Minister
The Bishops Day
Magic Beam
Overbury
Cause Im a Bigshot
Manda Moo
Be a Pro
Scealeile
Ligety
Church Bray
Robber Stone
Divine Guidance
See See See
Zuni Tunes
There Goes Kevin
Kevinator
My Kinda Girl
Posh Acres
Behrens
Street Cry
Silver Deputy


When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk:
he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it;
the basest horn of his hoof is more musical
than the pipe of Hermes.

~William Shakespeare


Wigmore Hall
Sun Classique
Jeremy
Hada Certain Charm
Traitor
Kandaly
Paul Ford
Carthaginian
Turf Trivia
Rosslyn Castle
Soul of Motion
Eton Rifles
Forward Momentum
Franny G
Sirvino
Foggy Lane
Intomist
Strategic Maneuver
Ruby Glow
Dark Energy
Regiment
Beautiful Mimi
G W's Hammer
Stapleford Lad
Giant Hearted Lee
Oscar Tanner
Ashado Cat
Tangible Assets
Bizzy EF
Zulejka
Masaru
Platitude
Colla Voce
Soviet Star
Cigar
Stenson
Jazil
Encke


The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears.

~Arabian Proverb


Assessment
The Last NIght
Zarkash
Tugela
Zaikov
Await the Dawn
Zenyattas baby
Admire Rakti
Araldo
Rough Habit
Solwhit
Veandercross
Spirit Son
Daaree
Fitz Flyer


Wherever man has left his footprint in the long ascent from barbarism to civilization
we will find the hoofprint of the horse beside it.

~John Moore


Johar
Max A Million
Lammatarra
Ibicenco
Midnight Music
Kapga De Cerisy
Two Turns
Ever Fortune
Zo Sophisticated
Goodbye Halo
Flashy Dame
Knockher Off
Pete
Teeton MIll
Imperial Call
Mr. Franco
Surviving Kandy
Country Side
Wild Perfection
Ava Lotta Hope
Cherokee Artist
Glorious Dubai
Trading Leather
Allez Colombieres
Hurta
Princes on Thelake
Landerbee
Quick Money
Authorship
Half Nelson
Fast Bullet
Oscar Whisky
Balbriggan
Sage Valley
St. Remis
Ludo Bagman
Cockney Sparrow
Jacaranda Cat
Henry King
Big Shui

... as well as the unnamed... victims of fire, of slaughter, of abuse and neglect... those who no one knows about, fell through the cracks or were never reported.

Run in peace.


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At this festive time of year and for those who are able, please consider a small donation to any charity in honor of one we lost this year (... and please feel free to add in any charity I've left out).


We cannot do great things on this earth... only small things with great love.

~Mother Teresa


http://www.excellerfund.org/

http://www.canterusa.org/

http://www.afterthehomestretchaz.org/

http://saratogawarhorse.com/

http://www.tca.org/

http://www.pdjf.org/

http://www.afterthefinishline.org/

http://www.equineencorefoundation.org/

http://www.rerunottb.com/

http://ourmims.org/

http://www.oldfriendsequine.org/

http://www.vet.upenn.edu/giving/how-...e/barbaro-fund

http://www.livinglegends.org.au/

http://equusfoundation.org/