Revere Saugus Riding Academy Fire March 23, 2004

[theresawrenn1]

for anyone asking about savanna she was sold to a good family and had moved to a new home 8 months befor the fire

[kelanaslatimer]

I rode there for years when Jamal was there. I was one of his working students and I remember so well; part of our job was to ride the ponies before the pony parties. We would all get on them bareback and bomb around the ring, falling off and laughing. Bubba was such a little brat. LOL. I remember so much there. My heart goes out to the owners of the horses that died and also to the Wards. -Kelana

[QuintindeVerneuilBWP]

REST IN PEACE

[supahfabulous]

A day I'll never ever forget.

[2alljoy]

Thanks for honoring the horses who died, and the good people who helped. You have a good heart. I am glad the Q did so well. Do all horse owners teach the go and come commands as you taught him?

[merjemizkool]

how did it burn. did the hay catch on fire?

[QuintindeVerneuilBWP]

There is still disagreement,

Please remember the most important thing:

IN A BARN FIRE YOU PUT OUT THE HORSES NOT THE FIRE

Thank you Jose, Mr Holt & the others who ran to the barn & got the horses out & kept them from running back in.

Thanks to all the horse people who helped for the weeks after with donations and the emotional support. Especially JLF of LEF. Special thanks to Jorge Quiroga Channel 5 Boston for being so professional and compassion in covering the story.

[TurnKeyDistSys]

I rode there in my early teens and then began volunteering just to spend time with the horses. Randy Ward taught my mother and I. I spent 7 days a week there from 7 AM to 7 PM during two summers. Aramis was my baby but I adored the ponies too. Especially Bubba. I was so depressed when he died. But losing the barn and those three horses was so tragic too. I drove by it while it was burning and it broke my heart. Some of my best memories are from there.

~ Natalie

[maggiorej]

i loved savannah too. i did my first horse show on her. it was the walk trot and i have so many pictures from the day!

[merjemizkool]

what happened to Yukon?

[QuintindeVerneuilBWP]

I don't know but he did survive.

[merjemizkool]

i loved going there now the riding academy is just a memory to me

[merjemizkool]

i broke down in tears when i heard bubba died i was 4 and i loved savannah do u know where she boards currently i also broke down in tears when the place burned and they sold the property

[merjemizkool]

was there a horse named savannah there? also i think that one of the ponies got hit by a car i think it was bubba

[QuintindeVerneuilBWP]

Bubba was put down after being hit by a car on RT1 when someone let the 4 lesson ponies loose in the middle of the night Sept 2003. Esco wasbrought in to take his place in the lesson program. I heard of a horse called Savannah but she wasn't there then.

[AJsOwner]

I learned to ride at this barn and bought my one and only horse there. Although my horse and I relocated in the late 1980s, the barn owner told me to come back anytime, even for just a social visit. Barns are alive with people and horses. I am saddened that RSRA will live on only in memory, but they are wonderful memories. My condolences to the owners who lost their animals. Thank you for the video.

[QuintindeVerneuilBWP]

Your AJ is an example of some of the wonderful horses that passed through there.

[horsepaintings]

Too sad for words, yet so remarkable that any animals survived. Bless you Orlik, Esco and Amber.

[BlueChild86]

wow this brings back so many memories :[