Starlight Eskimilo

Full Name - Starlight Eskimilo
Stable Name - Milo
Born - 1998
Height - 15hh
Colour - Grey
Breed -  3/4 Thoroughbred 1/4 welsh
Part of the family - Aug 01 - RIP March 16

Milo was the horse that really taught me the way with horses.  I spotted him as a rising three-year-old and I fell in love with him instantly.  I was over the moon to find he was up for sale but when I introduce him to my mum and he decided to rear over the stable door and her words were 'you're not getting that monster'.  However the following week he was in my stable, which I spent all my time sitting on the stable door which kept him calm and really helped us begin a bond.  

I owned Milo for 15 years until I sadly lost him due to melanomas.  In those 15 years, I wanted to sell him many times but deep down I wouldn't even sell him for a million.  He followed me around like a dog, we had an amazing bond and although he was super quirky and not at all the easiest of rides we had a lot of fun over the years.  He had thrown pretty much everything at me, his party tricks where bunny hops, leaping off his back legs to knock me off balance and gallop off at fences.  He was very spooky and I had to sit many speedy spins around when he was really full of it.   

I wanted to event but Milo was a wimp at cross country fences until he was older, by then I was very into my show jumping and he took me around my first affiliated BSJA.  He had to slow down in his early teens due to arthritis in his hocks.  After that, we just hacked and enjoyed a slower life with him.  He was fully retired for a year before I had to say goodbye. 

Horse of a lifetime.