04/12/2026
It’s a sad day @ the farm 😞
Kari gets donated to Auburn University tomorrow, as she can no longer carry passengers due to Osteoarthritis in every joint and an old injury that has become debilitating.
She will help Vet students learn to treat horses - wrap legs, take temperatures, give meds, etc.
This mare is only 12yo, and has so much life. And - she LOVED to move!! Good news: she is pasture-sound and happy. She just shouldn’t carry a passenger and be put to hard work or she comes up very lame. Auburn commits to caring for the horses thru end-of-life. She will be stimulated regularly by the students and happy grazing most of the time. No one will ride her again. All of this brings me such peace of mind, although I am VERY, VERY sad that our time together was so short. At the same time, I am eternally grateful to the whole new world she opened me to.
This is an eff’ing amazing animal.
I will miss her SO MUCH!
Gratitude to Shannon Thomason who introduced me to Endurance and Kari, to Kelly Caudle who shared Kari with me, and to my mom who made Kari mine and raised me with these spiritual creatures.
