Farewell Fabio
A sad day at Rawnsley today! An old & trusted friend had his life cut short when hit by a car this morning. It was one of those incidents that you know shouldn’t have occurred & if you could wind back the clock you would. Sarah was bringing the horses in for the 9.30am ride as we have done for the last 20 years. But this morning there was quite a bit of traffic on the road, a car slowed to allow the horses past & another car decided to over-take through the dust & glare. Fabio was caught a glancing blow to the rear leg, rolled over the windscreen & down the driver’s side of the car. The damage to the car is substantial, the couple driving were quite shaken, Sarah was distraught, and Fabio had to be put down. Fabio has been known to be a bit obstinate when he thinks enough is enough, but he has been a wonderful worker over the last 13 years at Rawnsley. He has probably carried over 1000 riders in that time so I am sure that there are many others that will shed a tear on his passing. Farewell old friend.