I want to show you a picture of my now 30 year old Standardbred. I purchased him in 1989 from a local Amish. The Amish gentleman, who ran a bakery, had bought him right off the track from a horse jockey in the area. Randy, as they called him, or Cash Wilco (as we later found out was his registered name), had raced and made $82,000 before retiring at Quad City Downs. He spent one year of hard time with the Amish, with a family who was using him 18 miles a day and he as the only Standardbred on the farm. I purchased him for $575.........and the love affair with Standardbreds began. He has been my equine soul mate. He has been all over the nation on trail rides, has pulled my sleigh, pulled my carts, given countless therapeutic riding lessons, he has been an equine-assisted therapy horse, and he has always been my friend. I bought him at age 9 - and here he is at age 30!!!
He is now best friends with our llama Sid, and our latest addition, our alpaca named Dart. What a funny little group! Post here if you have had a senior horse since they were born, or since they were young...........this is a relationship that has stood the test of time! Long live my boy, Randy! (Cash Wilco)....
He is now best friends with our llama Sid, and our latest addition, our alpaca named Dart. What a funny little group! Post here if you have had a senior horse since they were born, or since they were young...........this is a relationship that has stood the test of time! Long live my boy, Randy! (Cash Wilco)....
