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A lot of cute and pretty horses on here, including mine.

This little Mongolian horse from The Korean War is equally as beautiful in her own right. There is a documentary on her. She lived out her retirement, with the best of care, in the United States.


Sergeant Reckless:

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Sergeant Reckless: The Korean War Horse and U.S. Marine ...


Sergeant Reckless, a Mongolian mare, was a famous warhorse during the Korean War, not WWII, and was a hero for the Marines, earning two Purple Hearts and being promoted to Staff Sergeant, a distinction never bestowed upon an animal before or since. “
 
Now we're getting into something I had a little experience with. My father broke Mustangs & rode fence for the Browning Brothers (Arms). They had a ranch near where my father grew up. He carried that memory forward into his early fatherhood days. He was a brickmason by trade & he built a bar-b-q for a hometown resident. For pay he was given a horse, a 3 YO buckskin mare named 'Merrylegs'. Had the same coloring as Ben Cartwright's mount on Bonanza. I had hod-carried for him & as pay I was gifted the horse.

I rode her constantly & yes she had a mind of her own, went where she wanted & when she wanted. I raised her for about 5 years until she was 8, Then I went into the service ('63) & my father sold her to a crew that came through Utah looking for stock. They supplied many of the studios with horses because of their color. They put her in as a stock standin for Bonanza. They reported to my dad that she would the be the buckskin Ben rode. I had this one claim to fame. I forgot to this day that I was never given a dime for that sale.
 
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gilead said:
Now we're getting into something I had a little experience with. My father broke Mustangs & rode fence for the Browning Brothers (Arms). They had a ranch near where my father grew up. He carried that memory forward into his early fatherhood days. He was a brickmason by trade & he built a bar-b-q for a hometown resident. For pay he was given a horse, a buckskin, A mare named Merrylegs. Had the same coloring as Ben Cartwright's mount on Bonanza. I had hod-carried him & as a pay I was gifted the horse.

I rode her constantly & yes she had a mind of her own, went where she wanted & when she wanted. I raised her for about 5 years until she was 8, Then I went into the service & my father sold her to a crew that came through Utah looking for stock. They supplied many of the studios with horses because of their color. They put her in as a stock standin for Bonanza. They reported to my dad that she would the be the buckskin Ben rode. I had this one claim to fame.
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Did you know ahead of time that you’d get a horse as payment or was that a surprise ?
 
PeppermintPatty said:
Did you know ahead of time that you’d get a horse as payment or was that a surprise ?
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No, but I was pleased he gave her to me. Later I felt bad that he took nothing, now I realize the only one who was taken was me! He made money from the color film crew. I guess that's where he got his rep as a 'horse trader'. I fed her, exercised her & curried/brushed her almost daily. (Free for 5 years - no less!). That's child abuse! I was happier not knowing. The only surprise was that I fell for it. Oh well he was my father, I guess I can forgive him.
 
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