10/23/2026
🕊️🌈 Auto
Late one Thursday evening I got a text asking if I could do a last minute session. By Saturday afternoon. Initially I’d said “I wish I could help you, but…” and the more I thought about it, the more the answer actually needed to be “yes, of course.”
I met Auto’s people - Izzy and Lisa who had owned and loved him during Izzy’s high school show career, and Eleanor who had hopes and dreams of continuing his show career - at 7am on Saturday morning. The ladies each had some time with Auto in front of my camera and we did some portraits of the handsome guy by himself too.
He was a total champ, bearing weight on his front hoof that had caused him problems and was, ultimately, the reason that Saturday was his last day. The girls braided his tail and wove red carnations into it before they took it in memoriam. If you’re a horse person, you’ve likely heard that all the good horses go to heaven without a tail. Auto enjoyed a carrot cake and some grazing near his final resting spot before a little burst of energy, some bucks, and a beeline back to his pasture mate.
This boy knew nothing but love up until his last breath, I’m sure. A gut-wrenching decision to end his suffering but he’s now pain-free and his hooves will never cause him discomfort again. Because where Auto went he doesn’t need his feet that failed him. He’s got wings now.
Rest easy, sweet boy.
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🦄: Auto
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