Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides NYC (NYC Carriage Horse Project)

From Pets Alive:

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With Sorrow

It is with a very heavy heart that I let you all know that we lost Blackie last night.Blackie was a retired carriage horse that had been at Pets Alive for many years. A few months ago we surgically removed an eye that was causing him severe discomfort, and his recovery has been nothing less than remarkable. He had put on weight, his coat was shining and gleaming and he would be the first one to walk over to you when you entered his pasture. He had great friends in his pasture and was able to spend the last few months grazing on grass - something that had largely been denied to him most of his sweet life.


Blackie after his surgery, a few months ago.Blackie was a staff and volunteer favorite....and we will all miss him terribly. It is truly with a broken heart that I type this to you all, although there is great solace in the fact that he went very peacefully. He lay in the pasture, as if he was sleeping, and there were no scuffle marks or signs of distress. The other horses were by his side, calm and quiet. We believe Blackie lay down to sleep and perhaps his heart murmur finally got the best of him.


I hope he is running somewhere free of arthritis and pain in a field filled with clover and alfalfa. We'll miss you Blackie.You were truly the sweetest, most gentle horse.