Verwood Country Corner

Animal therapy project

Verwood Country Corner

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Animal therapy project

Following a freak riding accident in the summer of 1986, I faced life in a wheelchair but wanted to still be involved with animals, albeit not spooky Thoroughbreds any more and it was recommended that I ‘trade-in’ my Thoroughbred for an American Quarter Horse as they have a shallow, easily-sat slow trot called a jog (important if you can no longer rise to the trot), were a sensible and easily-trained breed, purpose-bred as the perfect companion for the working cowboy.

I was to find the recommendation proved true…

I purchased an imported American Quarter Horse named ‘Momma’.

The purchase of this lovely brown mare was made possible after I received a generous donation from a Western rider named Stan Barrett, as Quarter Horses were costing about triple the price of the money I got from the sale of my TB.

Following a freak riding accident in the summer of 1986, I faced life in a wheelchair but wanted to still be involved with animals, albeit not spooky Thoroughbreds any more and it was recommended that I ‘trade-in’ my Thoroughbred for an American Quarter Horse as they have a shallow, easily-sat slow trot called a jog (important if you can no longer rise to the trot), were a sensible and easily-trained breed, purpose-bred as the perfect companion for the working cowboy. I was to find...

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