Does anyone have an interesting horse story?
About 5 years ago, I came down with a condition that no one could diagnose. It began with occasional leg pain, and progressed to where my legs hurt horribly all the time and I couldn’t walk. I had to use crutches to support myself. After 7 months I was diagnosed with pain amplification syndrome. I attended physical therapy for a year, but had almost no improvement. Out of desperation, I turned to horse riding. I found a horse after months of looking. He was one of the cheapest horses I could find, he was only 5 years old, and was trained in country pleasure (he’s a half-arabian, half-saddlebred, registered half-arab). One of the things about him that really moved me was that he had a giant gash on his right hind. He had a 7 inch scar and was missing a giant chunk of muscle. People kept telling me not to buy him, and that he would never be able to do anything, but I felt like we had something in common, and he and I shared a sad bond of physical impurity. I bought him after only 3 month
