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Jan. 1, 1962 - June 26, 1979 |
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Earthshaker was a
magnificent stallion. He was a show horse that belonged to an
evangelist from Minnesota when I first met him. He was with a
trainer down in Waco and I had a horse with the same trainer.
They needed someone to ride him, so I had the pleasure of doing
that - in fact Earthshaker is the only horse I've ever shown
under saddle. It was at the State Fair of Texas Horse Show and
everyone was yelling for him....people in the stands were saying
"you won it"...I didn't get a ribbon...but he was a palomino and
the judges were very reluctant to place a palomino in a built-up
class...tons of people came to see me after the class...people I
didn't know....and they were all saying we won it.
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About a year later, I was
lucky enough to buy Earthshaker ....he was the love of my
life....he was the only horse I've ever had ESP with. I would
go to his stall to take him out to ride and he knew it...he
behaved one way...then I'd go to his stall to take him out to
show him to a prospective breeder and he would stand there like
a statue...like he owned the world...then I would take him out
to breed and he would already be excited about breeding....he
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When he was 17
years old he developed bad breath...the vet said it was an
abscessed tooth....he pulled it....the bad breath stayed and
he started getting a swelling on his jaw...the vet said
there's probably another bad tooth. He pulled another
one.... the lump on his face grew...finally did a biopsy and
it was cancer...he was dead 6 weeks after the first tooth
was pulled. It broke my heart.
It took me 2 years
to find a replacement...The Gold
Rush Is On...but there will always be only one
Earthshaker...a most special horse in every way. These
pictures were taken of him in 1976.
----- Mary Ellen Areaux
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