Eros |
| Owned By: Kendra Gruber |
Eros is our senior citizen of the farm and spends his time watching over
everyone else to make sure they are in line! At 29, Eros can certainly
still hold his own out in the paddock with the youngsters..acting like a 4
yr old on many days and jigging the whole way back to his stall. Luckily
for Eros, since he is 29, we basically let him do whatever he
wants...except go out with the girls!
Before retirement, Eros once competed in Mini-Prixs and took Kendra
from the Child Adult Jumpers to the Adult Amateur Jumpers. Originating
in Texas as an Appendix, he did his share of racing before making it to
the jumper ring. Kendra bought him when looking for a horse to move
up with and do the 4ft divisions since there were no school horses that
could take her there. He was very cheap and very difficult to ride...but
he could jump 4ft with ease so that sealed the deal and Kendra bought
her first horse. With the help of her trainer, Eros and Kendra became a
team competing all over the east coast at A shows...including HITS
where he jumped an entire course that was one big puddle and put his
calk through Kendra's field boots - remember that Eros!! Once age
started to hit and it was no longer fair to ask Eros to continue competing
at that level, the team did some lower level Horse Trials and placed at
Oxbow, Pleasant Valley, Bucks County, etc - always counting on the
jumping scores to save them since that dressage whistle often sounded
like the bell for a jump off!
Besides all the fun that was had riding and showing, Eros was most
important to Kendra in that he was and is her best friend. He enabled
her to learn so many things about horses and caring for horses that go
way beyond riding - sometimes still teaching her things like how to care
for an elderly horse. For those things, Kendra is most greatful. His
patience and kindness is something that could never be matched and
more important and impressive than any jump he ever cleared.
Now completely retired, Eros enjoys his days eating and sleeping and
watching the mares (which have to be 2 fields away), walking himself out
to his field, and dragging us back to his stall for dinner... what a life!
everyone else to make sure they are in line! At 29, Eros can certainly
still hold his own out in the paddock with the youngsters..acting like a 4
yr old on many days and jigging the whole way back to his stall. Luckily
for Eros, since he is 29, we basically let him do whatever he
wants...except go out with the girls!
Before retirement, Eros once competed in Mini-Prixs and took Kendra
from the Child Adult Jumpers to the Adult Amateur Jumpers. Originating
in Texas as an Appendix, he did his share of racing before making it to
the jumper ring. Kendra bought him when looking for a horse to move
up with and do the 4ft divisions since there were no school horses that
could take her there. He was very cheap and very difficult to ride...but
he could jump 4ft with ease so that sealed the deal and Kendra bought
her first horse. With the help of her trainer, Eros and Kendra became a
team competing all over the east coast at A shows...including HITS
where he jumped an entire course that was one big puddle and put his
calk through Kendra's field boots - remember that Eros!! Once age
started to hit and it was no longer fair to ask Eros to continue competing
at that level, the team did some lower level Horse Trials and placed at
Oxbow, Pleasant Valley, Bucks County, etc - always counting on the
jumping scores to save them since that dressage whistle often sounded
like the bell for a jump off!
Besides all the fun that was had riding and showing, Eros was most
important to Kendra in that he was and is her best friend. He enabled
her to learn so many things about horses and caring for horses that go
way beyond riding - sometimes still teaching her things like how to care
for an elderly horse. For those things, Kendra is most greatful. His
patience and kindness is something that could never be matched and
more important and impressive than any jump he ever cleared.
Now completely retired, Eros enjoys his days eating and sleeping and
watching the mares (which have to be 2 fields away), walking himself out
to his field, and dragging us back to his stall for dinner... what a life!
