Under the haze of the setting sun, over Pleasant Grove, CA, I bid Jade Mirage and Estrella a fond farewell as they start on a new adventure in their lives. Jade and Estrella were donated to a handicapped riding school program run by Connie Loveless of Blind Acres, in Pleasant Grove, CA. This was a particularly difficult decision and an even more difficult task to under take. I have raised Estrella since she was three months old. With the intent that her bloodlines would figure prominently in our race stock program. That dream never materialized after 20 years of trying to make it happen. I bought Jade in 1990 at the age of 9 years old. In January she turned 27 years old. You would never know that she was 27 when she finished a 10 mile ride recently. Farewell my dear sweet girls. I will miss you terribly. I know you will bring a lot of joy and happiness to your students.