Pace Cap'n
07-30-2008, 11:58 PM
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He's put in 40 years of government service. He's never taken a sick day or whined for a raise. Stubbs is 46, and still hot to trot.
"I've never seen a horse that old," said Billy Jack Barrett, manager of the Air Force Academy (http://www2.gazette.com/usafa/) Equestrian Center that Stubbs calls home. "He's in exceptionally good shape for a horse his age."
The average horse's lifespan is about 25 years. The oldest horse on record was Old Billy, who was born in 1760 and lived to be 62 years old in Woolston, England, according to www.ultimatehorsesite.com....
"He doesn't let stress get to him," he said. "He has a way and demeanor about him. He gets along with everybody."
Horses like him, too.
"He's like the old soldier and they all know that," Barrett said. "They give him his space and treat him with respect. You never see the other horses biting him or kicking him or bothering him like they do each other."
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He's put in 40 years of government service. He's never taken a sick day or whined for a raise. Stubbs is 46, and still hot to trot.
"I've never seen a horse that old," said Billy Jack Barrett, manager of the Air Force Academy (http://www2.gazette.com/usafa/) Equestrian Center that Stubbs calls home. "He's in exceptionally good shape for a horse his age."
The average horse's lifespan is about 25 years. The oldest horse on record was Old Billy, who was born in 1760 and lived to be 62 years old in Woolston, England, according to www.ultimatehorsesite.com....
"He doesn't let stress get to him," he said. "He has a way and demeanor about him. He gets along with everybody."
Horses like him, too.
"He's like the old soldier and they all know that," Barrett said. "They give him his space and treat him with respect. You never see the other horses biting him or kicking him or bothering him like they do each other."