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Here is the essence of a Racing Warrior – 98 starts – earnings of $66,450 – racing until he was 10 years old – the last five years racing at the bottom - $2,500 claiming in Nebraska….14 different trainers in his career.

Beautiful things do indeed come in plain brown wrappers….Roy is small and plain….but probably the kindest of horses…maybe THE KINDEST we’ve known.

We call him Roy the Dog, a trusting companion.  He sneaks out the barely open front barn door only to cruise quietly in the front yard, visiting horses he doesn’t know on a daily basis…. But easily caught and led back to the barn with a rope around his neck.

With a bit of overcrowding at times, and all stalls taken, he is sometimes assigned to the barn aisle way in bad weather, but never disrupts. He seems to like this arrangement, stopping by each stall to chat…no pinned ears or kicking from anyone…..then he eventually settles into his bedding and munches his alfalfa.

While he has stood patiently outside the feed room while his meal is being prepared, he has on several occasions locked his caretaker in the feed room when piddling with the door latch….prompting the installation of a lock from the inside of the room.

A rhinoceros could not love the mud more.

His favorite pasture pal is Bayamo, who towers over him and probably out weights him by 200 pounds.  They chase and nip and stand on their hind legs….Roy always is looking for more.

His other pasture pal is a geriatric curmudgeon who ignores him. No doubt Roy is the get along, go along guy, always looking to please.

I think he would come in and watch TV if you let him.

He seems sound and pretty clean legged for the miles he has gone.  He is a joy…..we can only hope that the “perfect” person will find him has special as we do.