Sometimes Bad things happen to Good People 12

Tradie in care and recovering at EVDS

I know from the bottom of my heart that these two are future leaders in the ASH breed scene, with their natural leadership style – unassuming, non-judgemental, welcoming, hardworking, leading by example, having a crack!

I had already lectured these two, when they arrived on the Monday night March 7, to see to the safe settling in of Tradie and Larry at the EVDS stable, on how the Universe sometimes works in mysterious ways, especially if you have been a major contributor to the “Greater Good” in the world.

Contributing through helping to serve others, especially those in need. Claire and Courtney have always done their best to help others, so I advised them that it now their time to graciously accept offers to help get them, instead of stubbornly saying “there are others more deserving, we don’t need help”, as they did when they turned up, wearing the only footwear they had left – a pair of thongs for Courtney. Seeing them with their size 8 feet, getting around cleaning stables in my size 12 boots gave us all a laugh! Today, a month later, I asked Claire, “if you were to win Lotto tomorrow, how would you spend it to get your new block of land able to accommodate the rebuilding of the Ironrose Stock Horse Stud – so you and Courtney would be able to live on a Flood Free property? “ I had to chase Claire hard for this list, but it went like this, • Steel pickets • Plain wire / electric tape • Insulators • Water tank/s • Water troughs • Poly pipe to be dug in to service water troughs • Solar electric fence energiser • Yard panels • Use of some Machinery to replace old gates, spray weeds, slash, trim trees back etc • Agronomist help to replace the setaria grass (which causes Big Head, lameness and fractures in horses) with more horse friendly pastures. • Earth moving contractors to get a driveway sorted, then do our slab and shed • To get some sun/rain shelters and stables for the horses. • Dream would be to live “off the grid” power wise and be a environmentally friendly horse stud, using pasture rotation, regenerative pasture management etc.

Imagine if every one of the 30,000 ASHS members were to give $2030 each to Claire and Courtney, to help them get a leg up back onto their horse called “Life”?

That’s a lotto win in my books! Food for thought. Pay it Forward???

About the Author

Dr Oliver Liyou is an equine veterinarian, servicing the North Coast of NSW. He also lectures throughout Australia and internationally on equine dentistry and conducts training workshops in equine dentistry for veterinarians at his business EVDS.

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