Here is the video of Juniors 1st 1-D run. He is so awesome and still has lots of room for improvement. He is such a blessing and I look forward to every run I get to make on him!
For those that don't know his story last March when Junior was only 4 yrs old he completely severed the tendon in his right hind leg as well as a major artery. We almost had him put down it was so horrific. Junior had different ideas though and had such a great attitude we had to give him a chance. Greg doctored him faithfully every day for 4 months ( along with inventing a great little contraption that acted as Juniors tendon while the real one healed) and thanks to my husband and the wonderful huge heart of this incredible horse he healed completely is coming along wonderful.
Another twist to Juniors story is that he was born the exact day my great horse Waynadash passed away-March 22, 2003. Junior was actually born about 1/2 mile up the road from where my Dash died. Junior came to live in Panguitch in July of 2005 and was in race training with our friend Brady. His owner decided to sell him and unfortunately Greg and I did not have the money at the time. We told our friends Neil and Barbara Merrill about him and they ended up buying him. Junior sat at their place in Axtel, UT from Oct. 2005 until June 2006 when Neil called us up to see if we wanted to buy him......needless to say I was at their house the next morning to pick up my new horse.
I thought when I lost Dash that I wouldn't ever find anything that would compare to him. Junior will never take his place but he has healed my heart and put the fire back in me. God works in mysterious ways!
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