Never Got to Finish What I Started.

Bye, George.
I never actually got to say goodbye to him.
He wasn't there the last time I was at the barn.
If you read this, it would mean the world to me.

The first time I saw him, my only reaction was, "When can I ride this horse?"
So I asked my old trainer if I could ride him.
Her response was, "No. I bought him for Holly."
I was crushed. This horse. I just wanted to ride him so bad.
Then Holly left. She never wanted George.
So I got to ride him. He started out horrible. Tripping, on the forehand, refusing to bend, etc.
Then I worked with him.
Slowly, he got better.
I saw him jump one day. Not with me, but I knew it would come.
He was fantastic. A strong jumper. Would make a fantastic eventer.
Then, a year after I started to work with him, I got taken off of him.
Why? I never got an answer. I got insults disguised as an answer, but never a true answer.
"She's not experienced enough to jump him."
"She needs to be committed."
"She needs to work harder."
This upset me more than the possibility that I'd never get to ride George.
Another rider was on him.
Someone who can't ride well. At all.
She can't handle this horse. He takes a lot of effort.
Then one day, she fell off.
My old trainer decided they weren't a good fit anymore.
Well, duh.
So some random person started to ride him.
I asked again and again if I could ride him sometime.
My old trainers response? "No."
Well, okay. I guess.
She then decided that I would show Wonder, then jump George over the summer, then show him at some Hunter/Jumper shows in the fall.
Summer came. Wonder was lame. And I wasn't jumping George.
He was sitting in a field. Wasting away. Useless, because no one could ride him.
Then I rode him one day.
We had to lunge him before I got on.
Trainer was worried that he had gone crazy.
Because he bucked ONE person off.
I knew this horse.
I wasn't scared.
We walked and barely trotted.
After my lesson, I just sat in his stall and cried.
My year and a half of work has been ruined.
All my work that I put into him in that year, gone. Out the window. It was a waste of my time, for me to put so much work into this horse, make him good again, then for someone else to come and screw him up. I was not a happy camper.
And then I left.
Never got to jump this horse who was supposed to be my golden ticket.
Never got to show this horse like I was promised.
Never got to see him get to his full potential.
Never got to say goodbye.
Hopefully he's okay now. Maybe he likes to be in a field. I'm not sure.

If you read all of that, thank you so much.
Wonder's should be up soon, if vegas stops acting like a little bitch.

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[misshorselover00]

awww that happened to me and icee my old horse now i got april but dont worry you will never forget your horse even though there was no good bye:'(

[Madaboutponies]

@misshorselover00 i'm sorry to hear about your horse!

[LoveHollister16]

i read the whole story <3

i know i hate it when people say this , but i completely understand , exactly what you're going through .

except that i got put back on my horse . because my trainer needed her test dummy and she knew she wouldn't get me back at the barn without that horse .

pluuus she threw three kids & was only ridden by staff members who hated to ride her .

but if you ecer need to talk you can talk to me (: xxxxx

[Madaboutponies]

@LoveHollister16 Thank you, I really appreciate it ;)

[LoveHollister16]

@Madaboutponies no problem at all (: x

[misshorselover00]

@Madaboutponies its ok :)