Ok for the rest of this story that makes it seem so weird and fate.
Not sure if you guys remember or not but in the beginning of all this I made the comment about my sister would shoot me if I brought home another horse for her to take care of. She's already feeding 10 twice a day. 4 of mine, 3 of her own, 1 of my moms and we board 2. Well rain or shine she's out there, cold or hot. Doesn't matter. Anyway...I had told her about this mare and yesterday morning she calls me here at work and asks me what I was doing, I told her I was thinking about that starving mare. She said that's funny, she kept thinking about her all night and she said, "go look at her, you pay for her and I'll buy her from you" or we'll share her but let's get her rescued". She didn't have to say it but once. Anyway then she says maybe she'll be my next "Baby Girl." None of you know the story behind baby girl, so I'll keep this short. She was a mare that my sister owned that was sent to a trainer who ended up getting hurt at the trainer really bad. She ended up having to sue the trainer to just get her training fees back, and the mare was taken to A& M and donated to their reproductive program. After a year they notified my sister that she had to be put down. They tried and tried to draw eggs but couldn't, so they opened her up and the entire pelvis was crushed, which is what was expected from all the vet visits,etc. prior to going to A&M. Anyway......My sister has been so extremely upset for several years over this she's never gotten attached to another horse. She loved baby girl and that horse absolutely loved her and do anything for her. One day a friend and I were practicing barrels and here comes my sister with Baby Girl. Our horses started snorting and we looked around and she had a big blue tarp drapped on that mare from above her eyes to dragging behind her tail...it was a sight. Anyway....I keep getting off from where this is going. Yesterday when I looked at the skeleton mare I asked the guy what her name was and he said "GIRL".....I said girl??? and he said yeah....that's all we have ever called her was girl....I said, now how weird is that....she just might be my sisters next Baby Girl.....she doesn't rarely ride anymore, occasionally will go trail riding, but she loves to just play with them...when I told her the mares name I got so choked up and teary-eyed I could barely talk. The story of Baby Girl was published in a 3 part series for 3 months in a row in a few of the horse magazines several years ago. I just want to cry everytime I think of it...anyway....thanks everyone for all the kind words and thoughts about this mare....I will surely keep you all posted with photos and updates. I'm waiting on the lady in LA to call me back and see if she might keep her til I can get her.
