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Date Posted: 11:39:26 06/01/02 Sat
Author: W . a . r . H . e . r . o .
Subject: | H e r o O f W a r |

Black stud is walked in. Limping slightly. His head bobbed as he walked. Slowing down the stud stopped and lifted his head high. Screaming a challenge to the other studs he reared high. The handler allowed the rope to slid through his hands. The stud came bnack to earth with a thud. The man quickly grabbed a hold of the studs halter. Pulling his halter down. The think leather halter pulling on the studs face made him angery he powerfully reared up once again. Anger deep in his eyes. The man's hand slipping off his halter the stud pulled away. The man grabbed despately to the chained lead. He managed to get dragged a hundered feet before the stud finally stopped. Snorting he turned on the man. The man managed to drag the stud into a large paddock. With some help from a few men. Thestud stood still on the morning dew.

"This horse was a miricle on the racing track. He could sprint and he could go long distinces. That was before the accident. There was a fire at the farm where I worked. The stallion barn was burnt down. We tried to save all the horses. A couple buddies of mine helped me take out some of the closer stallions to the fire. He was one of them. He broke the lead and went racing back into the barn. He knew how to open some barn doors and he did. Saving three more horses before the fire got them. We lost seven horses to the fire. A few got out but they later died of smoke inhalation. Out of the fourteen horses in the barn at that time only four made it. Him and the three he saved. The three were all sold already but we wanted to hold onto him. But it is clear we can't. We rescued him from going to slaughter at an auction at one year. At that time he was already half killing his handlers and grooms with his tricks. As soon as we got him he managed to unlatch his stall and release five other horses. We managed to get him under contal with lots of time in the paddock. When we broke him for racing he kept throwing the riders until we buddied him with an companion horse. A twenty-two year old gelding. That gelding was a retired race horse and knew how to calm the young goof down. After a few weeks we sprung the horse in his first maiden. He won and took home first place up until the accident. From then on he was never the same. The gelding was put down after the fire. He was slowly dieing from cancer and the smoke inhalation didn't help him. The stallion won't wear a saddle because of numberous buns on his back, shoulders, and legs. He is truely a hero as his name says."The man spoke quickly.
In his hand he held the papers on the horse for the buyer. Informationw as also tacked on the side of the paddock. It reads:

Registered Name: War Hero
Call Name: Champ
Date Of Birth: May the seventh 1995
Age: seven (7) years
Breed: Pure Thoroughbred
Dam: Battlecry Forever
Dam's Breed: Thoroughbred
Dam's Height: 16.3 HH
Sire: Hero Beyond
Sire's Breed: Thoroughbred
Sire's Height: 17.1 HH
Gender: Stallion
Color: Ebony
Markings: None
Height: 17.1 HH

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