I specifically remember Allie telling me when she met cryinginthechapel it was obvious she didn’t want to be a racehorse. I think she only ran two times but I haven’t looked up her record but my guess is she was slower than slow. Not to mention how these horses race without having the basics installed always boggles my mind. She is a solid 3yr who is so thick and obviously still growing. She will probably finish out at 16.1 or maybe bigger but I am always wrong so I don’t try to guess.
I have been riding her in my small ring and taking her out to the big ring to let her see the sights. She is not too interested in the jumps and shows a great mind. She looks but no real reaction. We brought her buddy otu the other day and as I rode the buddy we let Bunny eat some grass. Nope, not interested and wanted to trot around so we had to hold onto her. When it was her turn to be ridden I found myself wishing I had brought my whip down. Could she really get any slower? She is very relaxed about going around the ring. The steering well somebody forgot to install that but she was great about letting me kick her around the corners. I look like a little kid kicking a fat pony when I ride her. We did some trotting and cantering around. I could get her to canter down the long side but that was about it 
She is such a sweet girl so I can’t wait to see her get a home where she can receive lots of attention. She got her new shoes on this week (still had her racing plates on) and the farrier loved her. He thought she was a quarter horse She stood with her lip drooping until it was time to go back out.
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Kelly // May 2, 2008 at 11:49 am
holy cats she is cute. Love the grass in her mouth, too, like she can’t even be bothered to chew… so cuuuuuute!
HG // May 13, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Just wanted you to know that cryinginthechapel was well meant from the beginning and prob would have made a race horse with more maturity - she was started training as a two year old and suffered emotional race track setbacks - she has cute odd shaped ears probably frozen when she was a young foal - she was always a pleasure to train - came from a very large stable at Charles Town with a lot of love and care - excellant horseman -
jessicamorthole // May 14, 2008 at 6:45 am
HG- no doubts she came from an excellent horseman because she was fat, healthy and had the personality that would lead me to believe she was started kindly and correctly. I don’t always know the history of the horses I get to work with unless I look them up but every single horse that has come to me from CANTER has been nice. I still don’t think she wanted to be a a racehorse
She simply does not see the point in going anywhere fast which is perfectly fine with us!
Allie Conrad // May 14, 2008 at 9:46 am
Hi there HG–Thanks for the comment. Without a doubt I think every horse bred in the TB industry is meant to go somewhere or ‘be somebody’, but it just doesn’t always work out that way. The ears were no doubt caused by an unfortunate meeting with some frostbite. I think they are cute
And we have always pointed out that the majority of the horses donated to our Organization from from Trainers and owners who cared enough to do so. If you are very familiar with the trainer, you’ll notice that all three horses featured in the blogs came straight from his barn. In fact, I was on the phone with him this morning when I was notified of the comment. To say I am one of his biggest fans is an understatement.
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