Smokey - Completely Blind Horse at Second Level Dressage

Goodbye Little Town (Smokey) and Angie Egberg, competing at Second Level, Test 1. February 2010 dressage show at DevonWood Equestrian Center in Sherwood, OR. Smokey is completely blind. He is 22 and has been blind from cataracts since 8 years old. For more information about Smokey, please visit: Angelus Equus www.angieegberg.com Video by Tory Kelly of Equine Video Productions.

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[johnsoncm65]

Cataract surgery may be an option. It's not cheap, but it is available for horses these days, if there aren't other major complications involved.

[AngelusEquus]

@johnsoncm65 Unfortunately the surgery was not a feasible option when Smokey first went blind 15 years ago. He did amazingly well, completely blind for those 15 years. Thank you for the thought....

[AngelusEquus]

Thank you for watching Smokey's video! He amazes me every day and it makes me so happy to be able to share him with the world.

[TheKatpc]

Terrific ride, it's easy to tell you 2 are totally in sync with each other. Looking good for a 22 year old!

[gegx313]

What was his score that day?

[tjessie11]

Nice to see such ond between horse and rider:-) I had an halfblind horse myself...

[nzanetta1]

Amazing. Go Smokey!

[rockymntgirl215]

hes a brave boy (: so cute!

[Sagetopaz]

This is very awesome to see. My blind horse and I have just started to try Dressage and this is inspirational for us. We rode our first attempt at a practice test yesterday. Your video shows us a vision. Thanks so much for sharing this.

[piaffermisterJ]

that is AMAZING! he must trust her so much.