Buck Jakes

[Posts: 1335Joined: 17 Nov 2009, 01:13Location: Virginia]

We've lost one of the best timber horses of all time. 17.1 hands, gorgeous fleabitten gray, he truly loved his job.
It's telling that so many tributes have popped up online for him. That's rare for an American jumps horse.
Steeplechase Times obituary http://www.st-publishing.com/cms2/index ... dies-at-24
Follow up story http://www.st-publishing.com/cms2/index ... and-horses
Suzanne M. Cannon's recollections of Jake http://whathappensatthebarn.wordpress.c ... d-by-many/
Barbara Livingston's tribute http://www.drf.com/blogs/beloved-buck-jakes-0

[Posts: 1762Joined: 19 May 2011, 07:41Location: paris, france]

rip...

[Posts: 451Joined: 11 Feb 2008, 09:51Location: N E Hants]

Sad, but I was glad to realise that we are talking about a horse with a long and happy retirement behind him, not another beautiful and talented youngster with it all before him.

RIP