By: Danielle Thibault

It all happened one day when i went to my riding lesson. I saw the most beautiful palomino mare in the stall. i asked my instructor if i could ride her and i could! Palominos have been my favorite horse ever since. Of course being young and wanting to know everything about horses i asked all the questions i could about her. her breed, age, height.

I found out she was a 22 year old palomino quarter horse/arabian mare standing at 14.2 1/2 hands high. She was my favorite. A couple of years later i moved to a different town about an hour away so my visits were less and less frequent. but i still kept in touch with her owners and went to give her carrots and apples as often as i could. One day though when i went to visit i was told that it would probably be my last visit with her.

She was sick all winter and they didn’t think that she was going to make it but she pulled through but she had no meat on her bones and she wouldn’t eat and it also didn’t help that her owners were moving and they couldn’t take her with them because she wouldn’t make it so they were going to have to put her to sleep because it seemed like there was no help for her. she could barely walk. so a couple months later i was sitting at home on my birthday when i got a phone call from the owners.

They hadn’t known it was my birthday but they called and asked me if i wanted to have the horse. It was hard talking my parents into it but I did. So now “Golden Girl” has been mine for a while and she is happily 28 years old. I have taken her to parades. we’ve been in competitions, jumped 3 feet, gone on endless trail rides. and she is my horse. I will never forget everything she has taught me. i love her so much. thank you Gold

A bit about me: my name is danielle thibault and i am from P.E.I. Canada. i am 16 years old and own 2 horses. I have been riding for 8 years and am still loving it.