15/08/2024
Today is the anniversary of the day I laid the horse who started this journey for me to rest.
Toby was a one of a kind horse, he was quirky and annoying, curious to a point it was too much, he was a dream to ride one day then an absolute nightmare the next. An incredibly talented horse when his mind was on the job. Tobias, Toby, Ham, Batman when he had his mask on.
Toby came to me from someone who loved him as much as I came to, as his last option at life. He was a horse who would show zero self preservation as he flipped over fences, who would then nuzzle in to my neck and cuddle in with kisses. He was an enigma, one I’m not sure I’ll ever come across again. He was my heart horse - for everything he taught me, for the journey we went on.
Toby had every kind of body and mind work I could find in our time together. Massage, Bowen, craniosacral work, chiropractic, energy work, aromatherapy, acupuncture. You name it, we did it. It was along that journey, where I learned so much, I got the idea in my mind that I could do these things. That I was capable of helping, capable of teaching, capable of being the person that could help humans help their horses. Years later, I’m finally on that road & he is on my mind every time I put my hands on a horse.
He was everything all at once, and in the end putting him to sleep was the kindest option for him and myself - this is his legacy, and for that I’ll be forever grateful.
