Mariposa Lazo - 20 May 1985 to 15 June 2005

Another one gone.

wolflahti: Mariposa Lazo - 20 May 1985 to 15 June 2005

Mariposa Lazo - 20 May 1985 to 15 June 2005


It’s a beautiful day. The sun is shining for the first time in weeks, the sky is a clear blue, and the wind is warm...

And my horse is dead.

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She is twenty, not really that old, even for a Peruvian Paso but she suffers from DSLD, degenerative suspensory ligament desmitis (equine connective tissue disorder).

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Good-bye, Mari. You were as good a horse as anyone has a right to ask for.

And from the comment section on this blog:

Alisandro was calling for Mari every fifteen minutes or so throughout the first night, but now that it's a few days later, he seems to have accepted that she's not coming back - at least not anytime soon. He too is a Peruvian Paso and likewise has early stages of DSLD, and he made himself quite sore pacing the fence that first evening.