Heavy Horse centre

Dear Friends and Adopters,

It is with deep regret that we have to tell you that Sam and Jacob have both passed away today Monday 13 August 2007.

Both horses have been very ill these past few weeks and after a final consultation with the vets we decided the kindest thing would be to put them to sleep.

Sam, as you probably know has been with us since the very beginning of the Centre.
He came from Young’s Brewery with Ebony in 1988. Sam was taking prednisalone for about three years to aid his breathing. This last week he was enjoying a further pint or two of stout a day from Batemans brewery.

Jacob has had problems with melanomas for many years and these have increased considerably in number and size these last few months.
On top of that he has had problems with his feet all this year and recently this problem became acute. Jacob came in 1989 as a “baby”. From the very start he was mischievous but eventually turned out to be the most versatile and intelligent horse of all. His last public appearance was at Wrangle Show 2006 with the resident Voltige Team.

There will be more in our Summer Newsletter.

Keith, Ruth and Terena.