Tahi as a baby

To anyone who was watching what happened to Tahi I am sorry. It has been soooooooooo long since I have done any blogging. I will try to make it up.

I am also sorry to have to say we finally lost her. She was diagnosed as having Uvitis and the question was what caused that. We were managing her blindness quite well but after a while she also lost her hearing which led us to think she had a brain tumour. This became quite dangerous. Going into the paddock with a horse the could not see or hear. She almost kicked me twice, upended herself in the river, and ran into a power pole . So in the end the best thing to do was to have her put down. I am still struggling with the loss.

To end the blogs on Ta I have scanned a couple of old pictures of her as a baby with her mother Hoke Poki. Ta was something very special. On the morning she was born 16th December her mother came running up to the fence and calling out. Running back to Ta then back to the fence again. She took us to see her baby. She was born jet back with white socks and a white blaze. Quite different to the more recent pics. She was named Tahi because she was the 1st animal that we had anything to do with born after buying this property. From that day on she was always there, a real peoples horse.

Over the years we have done a lot together, Trekking, Endurance Riding ( up to 80km ) Ta never had the attitude of her mother so never made a great Endurance horse but she was still the best horse in the world to me.

Waiwhenua Tahi

This is my horse 'Waiwhenua Tahi'
Tahi is an Appaloosa Arab cross.
Born 16th December 1995.
Tahi is a mare (female )and is about 14.2hh. Tahi is a Maori word that means #1 and Waiwhenua breaks down Wai Whenua Wai means water and Whenua means Land. Waiwhenua is the name of our farm and Tahi was the 1st animal that we had anything to do with that was born on this place after we bought it.
She has the most wonderful nature and moves like a dream.
We call her 'Ta'. Ta was born jet black with white socks and a white blaze but she changed colour on a regular basis until she ended up like this. She has been this colouring for some time now so we think this is what we get.
Ta was out of a mare 'Hokey Pokey'. by an Appaloosa Stallion of unknown breeding. Hokey very much chose her own mate but we did play a part in getting them together.
I will post a photo of her at some time but they certainly don't look alike although you certainly can see the likeness. Ta is big boned and quite solid where as Hokey is quite fine and apart from lots of colour looks all Arab. Hokey is now retired from a quite successful career in Endurance Riding ( long distance horse racing ) whereas Ta has always been quite lazy and never really had the same competitive spirit. She and I did however successfully complete a few 80km rides but not competitively. We mostly now just enjoy a quite and leisurely time together.