Hello folks – as many of you are aware, the New York State Morgan
Horse Society is pleased to continue to offer up our History Profiles
to the general public via our website, nysmhs.org.

These interviews are funded solely by our club and we’re thrilled
that you’re able to share in the exciting stories.

One way that you might consider helping us so that we can keep these
offerings free to all viewers would be the purchase of our annual
“History Calendar.”

Our 2009 Calendar can now be viewed and ordered at
http://www.cafepress.com/nysmhs and it’s another in our annual
limited edition series. This year’s calendar includes an unpublished
photo of Waseeka’s In Command, a family photo taken of Upwey Ben Don
and a rare photo of the mare Seneca Sweetheart as well as ten others.
A number of the photos on the calendar are from private scrapbooks.

It’s a great gift, a neat Morgan collectable and a big help to our
club as sales go toward defraying the costs of future profiles.

So thanks in advance for helping out!

Jeff Evans
President
NYSMHS

This particular “heads up” is not specific to Morgans and, in fact, happened to an old TB that I was recently given. It is, however, pertinent to all horses so I thought I would pass it along.

The old TB mare in question is one that I sold to a family as a starter Hunter-over-Fences horse. She served her purpose well and, per terms of her sale, was given back to me when she needed to retire. She came home about 1 week after I returned home from OKC and has been doing well, at least until this last week.

Because she had been with a group of horses that were traveling to shows throughout the year, she and the others at her previous barn were vaccinated on October 1 with the regular vaccines, including the intranasal Strangles vaccine. When she came to my farm she quickly acclimated and was eating/drinking well; she was full of life. Last week the old owners stopped by to see the mare. I received a phone message later that day from the old trainer saying that the old owners had noticed a large lump about half way down her neck under her mane, and to call her back if it was there. Thinking they were crazy, I went and checked. Sure enough there was a hard bump. Because I don’t regularly groom the horses at home (they just go in and out of the barn, get their nighttime sheets and blankets on…) I hadn’t noticed it.
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