11/04/2024
DIFD lost one of the most important ones yesterday. If you don’t know this is SG Lil’Mis BrightHope, aka Hope or Baby, Hope came to me as a 4 month old when I needed her most, when I needed hope. She came to me when my world got turned upside down when Dewey broke his shoulder. She was there when he passed away. She was Fire’s saving grace and helped her through her grief. She was a ray of Hope for all of us in a dark time. She was the first horse I ever trained and I’ll be honest she was a wonky pancake. She was by no means perfect. She hated loping and arena work. She loved trail rides and hobo rides. She was stubborn and opinionated and wanted things her way. But she was sweet and smart and willing to try when it was important to you. She would go anywhere I asked her to go. She taught me so much about every aspect of training. She hated trees saddles and bits, if she could have done everything in a halter and lead rope and ba****ck she would have been the happiest horse in the world. She was what her name suggested. And now with her gone I hold onto the hope she instilled in me as a young 13 year old. 11 years was to short of a time to have you, but mama fire is gonna be so happy to see her baby again. Forever loved my sweet Hope.
