ServicesA photo essay of Eddie, in loving memory, 1977-2008
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This is me and Eddie on a cross-country course in the 1980s. His first few years as a performance horse were spent mostly at 3-phase events in Massachusets. He liked it, but his destiny lay elsewhere. |
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This is me on 5-year old Eddie in the 1980’s |
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Here Eddie is competing in his first of many competitive trail rides at Green Mountain Horse Association (GMHA) in Woodstock, VT. This was his first 25 mile ride. |
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Eddie was a natural at competitive trail riding. This was his first GMHA 50 mile ride. |
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This is my sister Rachel riding Eddie on a VT 50 mile competition. |
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In the summer of 1991, Eddie moved out to Colorado with me. He was not happy. He pined for Vermont. So after one summer in Vail, he moved back to VT and I decided to spend winters in Vail without him, and summers in VT. |
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Eddie in 1993 contemplating the upcoming VT 100 mile endurance race at Smoke Rise Farm. |
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Riding Eddie on the VT 100, 1993 |
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In the mid-1990s Eddie was injured after a 100 mile race and was retired from long distance trail riding. He had a lot of life left in him so we decided he would learn to drive. He loved pulling a carriage! This photo was taken at a GMHA combined driving competition. |
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In the summer of 2001, Eddie was festooned in roses and pulled a carriage at my sister’s wedding. |
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My nephew Roy riding Eddie, fall 2001. Eddie spent several summers from the late 1990s to 2002 going to pony club camp and local horse shows with Roy as well as other young kids. |
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Eddie at Turkey Hollow Farm in Vermont, summer 2002. |
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This is Eddie with his pasture-mate Jay, enjoying the good life at Wintookit Farm in Rutland, VT, where he lived from 2003 to 2008. My friends there took great care of Eddie. He was treated like royalty in an assisted living facility for aging equines. He was retired there but still went trail riding and had fun cavorting around Wintookit farm. |
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Here is Rachel’s daughter Lucy, riding Eddie, summer of 2008 |
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This is Ed’s happy face taken during the summer of 2008. He died in December, 2008 at age 31, surrounded by his beloved equine and human companions at Wintookit Farm in VT. |