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HFHOPPER

With great sadness, Riley lost his fight with colic on December 1, 2009. RIP Riley

I am Heather aka hfhopper and I bought Riley (JC Name Fab Do ) Nov. of 2003. I found him on CANTER Ohio on the trainer listings. He ran for 3 years in California with 26 starts, 1Win, 7 places, 4 shows, and had career earnings of $42,025.00. The trainer had already sold him to a broker in southern Ind. by the time I got in contact with him. She had him on Dreamhorse.com and I contacted her there. She sent me pics and I decided to go see him in person and thought he was a real diamond in the rough. He was in bad shape when I found him, and brought him home within a week of seeing him. Life changed as I knew it with Riley in it.
He had surgery on his stifles the week before Christmas and we spent 3 months getting to know each other very well through his rehab. My trainer couldn't wait until I had him under saddle and she was not disappointed in what she saw. He is one of the most difficult but rewarding rides I have ever known, and extremely intelligent. He is a natural for his second career in dressage. He will jump anything he is pointed at too. What a nice bonus. He is my once-in-a-lifetime horse.

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