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So, I had planned to keep Spark as a pet, and which ever of the other horse we had left after three were rehomed, for company for him, who turned out to be my Morgan Belle. August 7th, 3023, my husband last seen him a little after 7pm and he looked fine. He was the only one I had left with some of my favorite Arabian bloodlines. Next morning after we woke up, we saw him laying dead in the corral closest to our house. He oviously had come down with a very bad case of colic during the night, and we just did not know while we slept away the night. We miss you Sparky! SPARK started out right away as a friendly fellow. A beauty with his nice muscling, straight legs, and pretty dished face. He had an upside down raindrop shaped star on his forehead, a tiny streak where the halter nose-band lays, a snip, and a 3/4 white boot area on the right hind pastern for white markings. Spark was ranch raised and was use to being with cattle, as he was usually wintered with our herd bulls during half the winter months, so knows how to watch out for himself and how to manage himself with being around average natured bulls. He's summer pasture was a ranch/cattle type of pasture with barbwire fencing, so he was also familiar with that type of fencing. A full brother to Spark's sire was a very successful cutting horse in All-Breed and Arabian competition. He was especially competitive against Quarter Horses. Spark was registered as a half Arabian, but in reality he was 23/32 Arabian, 1/4 Spanish Mustang, and 1/32 Quarter Horse. He had about 5 lines to *Witez II. Spark was also trained for stake strap tie out as a weanling. Spark had 45 days of professional training in summer of 2007 for western riding. And an additional 30 days of professional training spring 2008. He had been used to sort cattle, trail riding, wagon trains, parades and carried a flag. He side passes, and he would side pass up to a mounting step and stand for mounting. In 2011 he was sent to a new trainer for just spring brush up training after a long winter lay off, that was a big mistake, the trainer was not a good choice and did ruin him. After that Spark was scared to death of whips, still was for the rest of his life, if popped to much and he required a lot of rehab, which was successfully done in part by us and also by a wonderful professional lady trainer from Grace City. After which Spark was heading back in the right direction, but he had flash backs now and then which causes him anxiety. Up until my back injury, I had continued rehabbing him while just riding him here at the ranch, in drill team, trail riding, and cattle sorting. Then in Feb. of 2018 he founded on us, for some strange reason, as no change in his feed. But it was a milder case, we did not see him pointing or hobbling, but as he got older there were founder attacks more often. The deep snow at the time, maybe helped. He had a home with people who cared about him, for the rest of his life. For more information, please Contact Us.