
Secretariat at the Belmont is one of equine photographer Tony Leonard’s most well-known photos. It was his wife Adelle’s idea to airbrush the groom out of the photo. Mr. Leonard passed away on July 14, 2012. Big Red died in 1989.
He was so beautiful, and he even looks like a champion. Horses like him in the racing world are very rare now :/

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What makes mothers all that they are?
Might as well ask, “What makes a star?”
In the flute world, we don’t say “I love you,” we say “open-hole B foot french arm solid silver C sharp trill key D sharp roller 14k gold riser” which roughly translates to “I’m better than you” and I think that’s just beautiful.
I know the road is long.. But where you are is home.
People getting engaged and graduating and having their lives all together…
I mean, I live on my own and have a job, but I feel like I have nothing together. And I don’t need to see that right now.
Which means only two more days until I can go home and see Nav.
He’s fat and out of shape and I’ll probably just be able to do light trot work or a trail, but I don’t care. Any riding is good. And it’s almost summer which means I can go home more often and ride more.
I’ve been saving money. At this point I think I do have enough to buy him, but I’m gonna save a little more…maybe wait until summer.
But I really want ice cream… so I’m going to have ice cream. I worked out today, I can handle that right? :3

We were missing each other a lot today so we sent pictures of ourselves to make it better :)
Only one more week and we’ll get to be together again!!!

The Ten Habits of Highly Effective Dressage Riders
It’s everything I feel in one easy to read and precise document. Oh my god.
Thank you so much for posting this!