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A Touching Horse Reunion
"A horse is just a horse, of course..."
The opening line of the Mr. Ed theme song has got it wrong. A horse is never just a horse, any more than a human is just another human.
Do horses remember each other and have emotions? That was the question Sue Blagburn had when she reintroduced Arthur, a horse, to two of his playmates from when he was a foal.
In December of 2012, Sue repurchased Arthur after having bred and sold him years earlier. Arthur grew up with the other two horses. He knew William when they were both foals and Harry arrived as a foal a year later. “Would Arthur now aged eight and a half, a thoroughbred sports horse that has spent the last four and a half years in a high class private competition yard have any memory at all of the two hairy New Forest pony playmates he once shared his youth with?” Sue wrote. “And likewise would William and Harry recognize that little thoroughbred guy who was once their best mate?”
Sue shared an update on the three friends in April 2015 and wrote that “Arthur, William and Harry are still all together and very happy, so am I!”
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