Mohegan Muddy Waters

Well where does one start!!

Muddy was born on the 25th August 1993. It was cold, wet and windy and at 7.15am that morning , he took his first steps. I couldn’t believe this little fella was a Leopard Colt and ever so cute and curious. So the name came about as he was born in mud and water – “Mohegan Muddy Waters”.

             

Muddy became the challenging child. He lacked confidence and would general spook at his own shadow. His first show at the State Equestrian Centre as a 2 year old was quite hilarious. I entered him into the Trail which is judged on obstacles and expression. Well Muddy did the whole course with flying colours, but with extreme excessive expression on every obstacle. You would have thought it was a mine field the way he willingly did every obstacle from trot poles that you would have thought were going to eat him at any moment, to the bridge which, if he was a dragon would have had fire expelling from his nostrils, the side pass, back up and the gate were just as frightening to my Muddy. Of course everyone in the audience including myself and the judge just had to crack up laughing as we finished and completed the course without error, but a huge amount of excessive emotion on Muddy’s part. So this was My Muddy Boy’s personality. He was much braver than he gave himself credit for but we had to develop this through consistent training and damn hard work.

             

Muddy was shown successfully at a young age from Western through to Dressage and then became my main demonstration horse at many clinics from South of WA to North of WA. He did the Equine Expo’s at Brigadoon and Ascot Race Course with finesse and confidence, which was hard for people to believe what hard work he was to get him there. He adored people and all the attention that came with his success and I must say, he would pose for the camera and really know how to ooze that incredible personality that he was gifted with.

             

All people that knew Muddy could feel how special he was with his forgiving nature and patience, helping people on his part to teaching people how a horse really thinks. He was a legend in so many ways. We were partners in our mission of teaching and helping horse’s and people alike. He was the Mohegan ICON. He was my best friend & business partner.

Sunday 24th June 2007.
8am – it started quite suddenly. From eating his breakfast to dropping to the ground in agonizing pain. Off to Murdoch Equine Centre we go. The surgery showed that Muddy had an unusual gap between his stomach and spleen. We will never know if he was born with this or if it happened that morning. Twenty foot of small intestine fell through this gap and began to caused major complications. A very rare misfortune. He was put to rest coincidentally at 7.15pm Sunday evening. His job was done here on Earth and short lived at only 13 years old but he lives on in our hearts and will never be forgotten. I miss him terribly.

To all of you that have lost a loved horse, my heart goes out to you. The relationship we create with our horses is quite spiritual and special in so many ways.

This collage is a small part of Muddy’s life and I hope you enjoy these few pictures as we do in his memory.

May the horse be with you,
Karen White