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Kids and their ponies (Original Post) Bayard Sep 15 OP
Love ponies ❤️ questionseverything Sep 15 #1
What a terrific collection! Frasier Balzov Sep 15 #2
TY for sharing this delightful collection! SheltieLover Sep 15 #3
Snowman rockbluff botanist Sep 15 #4
Snowman's story (you got me curious) Nittersing Sep 15 #8
Wonderful Collection. Fla Dem Sep 15 #5
CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH....WONDERFUL !!!!!!!!!!M Karadeniz Sep 15 #6
Thank you Bayard. I adore your thread of kids with their horses. Beautiful debm55 Sep 15 #7

rockbluff botanist

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4. Snowman
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 05:02 AM
Sep 15

I love the photo of the six deLeyer children on the back of the amazing Snowman. What a wonderful true story.

Nittersing

(6,743 posts)
8. Snowman's story (you got me curious)
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 02:38 PM
Sep 15

From wiki:

Snowman was originally a plow horse on a farm in Pennsylvania Dutch country. But in February 1956, he was headed for the slaughterhouse at 8 years of age. However, that same day 28-year-old Harry deLeyer left his home in Long Island, New York, to attend the horse auction in New Holland, Pennsylvania, looking for cheap horses for his jumping school. He arrived late, and the only remaining horses were those loaded into trucks bound for the dogfood factory. When deLeyer spotted the gray horse, he had it brought down and bought him for $80.“I needed a quiet horse for the beginners,” he recalled. "I remember seeing his eyes and thinking 'this one seems nice and quiet', I’ll give him a chance". He first used Snowman as a lesson horse for children. DeLeyer recognized talent in the horse after he sold him to a neighbor and the horse jumped high fences to return home. DeLeyer then began training Snowman as a show jumper.

edit to add: Snowman lived to 26.

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