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May 22,2004 to Aug 14, 2008
By Brilliantly Bold (TB)
Out of Skippen Mischief
Lizzy was our first foal we raised. She was the foal who taught me that guidance, reassurance, patience, and a whole lot of love and attention will go a long way when raising and training a foal. She also showed me that I was completely capable of spoiling a horse.
She was truly my horse, I never saw how spoiled she was. However, when we were moving, she had to stay with the trainer for a couple of months and then with a friend. All they could say was "she is a brat!". When I brought her back home she didn't pull anything with me and my best friend said she was a totally different horse with me.
I taught her to longe, line drive, and then I broke her and she could buck! But she never really tried to get me off, she would just let me know when she was getting frustrated. She was a smart horse, she picked up showmanship by the time she was 2yo. Her first time in showmanship she earned a half point in amateur as a 2 yo. There was just something about her look. She was flashy and confident. She made showmanship look easy!
It was the same under saddle. She was flashy! I couldn't wait to show her. We only showed at one show in Junior HUS and she was green. She did a great job and we had the judges' eyes several times. I couldn't have been any more excited. However, we would never get in the ring again.
After that show, Lizzy was diagnosed with Malignant Melanoma. She underwent two seperate surgeries in an attempt to prevent/slow down the cancer. She recovered well from the first and we were on our way back to the show ring. But, the cancer appeared again. We tried another surgery, this time several masses were found. They were removed, she recovered from the surgery and I started her under saddle again. The cancer came back again and with a vegence. I decided surgeries were no longer an option and we would let her live as long as she was happy and comfortable. Thursday Aug. 14, 2008 we put her to sleep, a little of a year after her initial diagnosis. It was one of the saddest days of my life.
I feel very lucky to have bred and raised her. She was an amazing mare and she taught me more in her short 4 years than I learned in the last 20 years working with horses. Every foal I raise after her will have big "hooves" to fill. She was a wonderfully sweet mare and we enjoyed every minute of owning her.
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