Heart
I talked to a
friend just the other day
who’s got lots of
opinions and plenty to say.
We discussed what
we both like to see in a horse
His requirements
and mine were different of course…
He likes a clean
throatlatch and a long skinny neck,
and prefers that
their hocks are set close to the deck.
Short backs and
hard feet and clean slopin’ shoulder,
and a gaskin that
looks like it swallered a boulder.
He likes a short
face and a big ol’soft eye,
and says these are
the horses he’s likely to buy.
And when he’d
completed his lengthy discourse,
on all of the
attributes of the quality horse.
He asked my
opinion, and where do I start?
And I said that
I….just want horses with heart.
I said I want heart
above all the other.
I don’t care if
he’s Smart Little Lena’s full brother.
Or just how much
money that his grandmother won,
or whether he’s
roan, palomino or dun.
But give me a horse
with some grit and some try,
and some heart and
some guts and that’s one that I’ll buy.
And I’ve found it’s
the same with a woman or man….
the good ones won’t
quit you when the shit hits the fan
by Monte
Baker
