Bay Bever Boy "Fred"

[laurajane]

4th May 1976 to 16th October 2006

Just to say I had to say goodbye to a very special friend on this day 16th October 2006.

Fred had been with me since he was a yearling and I was a 16yrs old brat of a teenager - he saw me through thick and thin and was always there - this was the hardest day of my life so far and I just wanted to say thank you my friend you were the best and I hope
Rainbow Bridge has lots of grass.


"From baby to full grown we watched each other grow
through thick and thin we were always there for each other
never once did you leave me for pastures new
and always there I could turn to you
now you have joined your lady love
may your aches and pains be ones of the past
I look at your pictures and miss you so much
one last kiss and hug I would ask
29 years of faithfullness one could ask no more


May you stay close to and watch over me
until we meet again and look after your lady whom
you loved so much now you are together again
I have comfort in that but your stable feels empty
but I have to let go
it just that is it difficult because I loved you so.

I will love you forever xxxxx mummy

If there are angels in heaven then you will be one I will watch for your wings xxxxxx

[lucia]

Wow - what a lucky lad to have had such a nice long time with you.
29 years - if only all horses could be so lucky to be in the same loving home nearly all their lives. You must miss him terribly.

RIP Fred.
x

[laurajane]

Lucia

Many thanks for your thoughts - yes it has left a very large gap in my heart - I have just posted a picture of us together on our last day - the sun was shinning for us.

xxx

[j]

what lovely pictures and what a handsome horse. Such a nice long life together but he must have been a very healthy and happy horse to have all those wonderful years together.

RIP Fred

[lucia]

He was a beautiful boy - such a noble face.

Thanks for posting a pic.

Take Care

x

[laurajane]

Hi Lucia

Yes he was a very special and handsome man and felt that his pictures should be seen.

Thank you
x

[laurajane]

Hi J

Yes we had a long happy and healthy life together. Unfortunately he had a tie back in 1987 which did not work well and left him dust allergic and somewhat asmatic but we managed to cope well but he bowed out gracefully from eventing and we just enjoyed each other from then on doing cross country jumping which he loved and long distant riding which was great as he had such a long stride and always very comfortable to ride.

He was a very special boy.

[wills]

Sorry to hear of your loss op, he is a lovey boy, xx

[laurajane]

Hi Wills

Many thanks for your thoughts I miss him terribly and so do all my others - they are still very clingy when I am in the field and always walk past where he is buried with their heads lower as if in a mark of respect for a special special man. My one comfort is that he is with our baby who we lost two years ago they were devoted to each other as I bred the mare and she had been with Fred since she was weaned and never parted. I would like to imagine the renuion joyous for them both.

[laurajane]

Dear Fred

A whole year has passed but it still seems like yesterday that we had to say goodbye.
Not a day goes by without you in my thoughts.

sleep well my love Mummy xxxxx

[laurajane]

Hey big fella the tears still come
I miss you so much

You were always my shoulder to hold me up

I should not be selfish you needed to go
but in my heart I still miss you so

Love you always my big man....xxx