THE BEAUTIFUL BLIND HORSE!
Jenna McVey is a 16-year old high school junior. The local paper here did a front-page story about how she met "Nelly" a Belgium draft horse used for breeding that was not expected to live. The horses beautiful blue eyes have turned white from an infection that stole her sight two years ago. With one-year of riding lessons under her belt, Jenna came across the blind horse standing alone in a stall and noticed that no one ever paid attention to her. "She never got out, so I felt sorry for her", said Jenna. Instinctively, the horse pushed its nose against the fence where Jenna stood. "I just saw her and fell in love with her", she said. "I would go out to her stall and talk to her". The horse was mercilessly earmarked for auctioning to a rendering plant. That's when Jenna's family stepped in and adopted the horse. What happened next was nothing short of a miracle!
On September 18th, Jenna guided "Beauty" (her nickname shortened from "Blind Beauty") during a dressage event--which translated from French means training. It's actually a showcase of the horses training in an arena. Imagine this girl guiding a sightless "Beauty" over and around a course of bales of hay and across a small bridge. Mary Dorin, a judge at the dressage event was stunned. "We didn't know it was a blind horse until it was already on the course. This horse did everything this little girl wanted", she said. "I stood there with the three volunteers and we cried".
Beauty (Nelly) has a strawberry coat and blond locks. Jenna guides the horse using pressure with her legs. Judge Mary Dorin said, "This horse knows, "I've got her on my back;I've got to take care of her". The 16-year old has plans to attend an equine college and later teach riding lessons. She rides "Beauty" five days a week for an hour or two. "Nelly is my favorite thing", she said. "I'd rather come out here and sit with her in a stall than have a million dollars". If you haven't already guessed, Jenna and her beautiful horse won the dressage event! Each rider donated $10 (US) or more to help horses recovered from Hurricane Katrina to participate in the event.
posted by Michael Manning @ 12:01 AM
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best of luck with your surgery.
excellent story, sir. what a compassionate young lady. if only more people had as much of a heart as her...
surgery? hope everything is OK!
Now that's an animal story I would have loved to have broken.
Knees?
Good luck with your surgery. This is a great heart-warming post, I loved it!
Surgery? Yikes! Good luck! :)
And I LOVED that story...I am a HUGE sucker for anything animal related...and Jenna sounds like a spectacular girl! :)
That story was just what I needed. I was feeling somewhat nervous about today. I have a presentation and a test today. I'm nervous has hell and that story helped me feel less nervous because I focused on something else.
Good luck on the surgery.
Michael. that's a beautiful story. i used to own a horse and althugh i ws into jumping, not dressage, I had an interest in it becasue i knew it is a gifted horse person who can do it successfully.. This little girl is a gift. Love to meet her.
I hope your procedure goes well and you don't have to be lead around like a handicapped horse! Best wishes!
What a great story! Just goes to show the power of love can work miracles. And my very best wishes for your surgery!
A beautiful story.so nice to read something nice.
Hope you're doing well surgery-wise. The story is great - nice to read some happy news for a change.
Would love to keep track of new blog entries via Bloglines, but it can't find an rss feed for your blog. Do you have one?
I like your header up top, with the eyes. I once did an art thing with different sets of my eyes, showing different emotions from the same day. What do you do now? Are you a freelance journalist? I got to your blog from Heidi's. Anna
Ah geesh... now I'm all choked up. Kinda like when I was younger and that stupid sad song 'Wildfire' would come on the radio. Always had to turn it off. I'm glad this story has a happy ending, though.
Good luck with the surgery!
hiya, i'm moving my blog from tomorrow to
www.coldheartchronicles.blogspot.com
:0)
dante: You're right a remarkable girl who makes so much of what we worry about seem trivial.
Dawn: So this was what Elvis Presley felt like most of the time! "They're precriptions man. I need em'".lol!
d-man: Just before I went under an ominous voice said: "We have the knowledge. We have the technology. We can rebuild him!" I mumbled that I didn't want to be Lee Majors. When I woke up, it was too late.
pbs: Glad it brightened your day!
Stacy: Me too! I just can't imagine the costs of boarding etc.lol!
English Student: I was happy to read that it gave you a breather. Hope to hear how the assignment went!lol!
Groovebunny: Love is the most awesome medicine. I'm glad Jenna rescued Nelly.lol!
June: And on the Front Page!lol!
Chosha: I don't know what that is. Maybe you could e-mail me.
poorart: I've been very busy consulting since I left TV Helicopter Reporting, and I write for Airways Magazine and do voice overs and TV commercials.Keeps life interesting. Thanks for stopping by and saying hello!
Cootera: I think this story's outcome was meant to be. There's a real bonding there and lots of love.
Katya: I wrote it down. Thanks for the heads-up!
All: Appreciate your concern. I am on the mend. Ran track and cross-country through High School and College. Then later 5 miles before work early mornings on concrete. Now I just "power walk" it. I'll be walking without the surgical cast by October 4th. Workouts resume in a month. Thanks for your love and concern. You guys Rock! Nite!
Oh gosh Michael... you made me tear up! But, it's a good thing. Thank You!
Glad to hear your surgery went well. Hope you are up & about in no time!
Just popping by to say hello Michael on my way thru !
Have a great one :)
hello love! i am in *tears* over here. what a beautiful story! thank you so much for sharing it. i simply adore animal stories!
i am sorry to hear, that you have to have surgery. past injuries tend to sneek up on us through out the years. i hope your surgery goes well and that you recover quickly!
hugs and love!
kerry
ps., good luck with your new printer, scranner, copier! fun, fun! ;)
aka Meritt: It's 2:12 and little sleep in past 48 hours. But, they're adding on new meds and like your photo I'm sipping coffee. lol!
deb: Hi! Thanks for the visit. I think we all hate surgery and being stuck in bed. At least I have selected a movie for "Friday Movie Suggestion Nite" here on MMC!! (smiles).
Funky Cowboy: Thought about you as I was in bed reading a booklet on Canada's Gordon Lightfoot and how early in his career he was with a dance group on CBC'S "Country Hoedown". He said: "I was the one who was always doin' a do-si-do instead of an allmende right".I'm sure you are better at that than Gord. Thanks for the visit!
kerry: Hi there! And thanks for the nice message!!The box with the new printer is on the floor. I can't get to it until a buddy visits on Saturday. Have a nice day!lol
What a lovely story! Horses are the most intuitive, sensitive creatures and I am so pleased that Jenna and Nelly found each other. And very cool that they won the event!
Hope you are doing well Michael!!!
lisabindacity: Just wait until Friday! Gee? That sounded too much like Bela Lugosi. I meant that Friday will be way cool. Drop by anytime after the stroke of Midnight. lol
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