WooS Gasket

Gasket's good-morning whinnies are like a warm, guiding lantern among an otherwise black night.  He lights up the stables every day, eager for pats and his grain; he makes workers remember why they even got out of bed at 5 AM and embarked into the chilly predawn gusts.  He won't stand for being around any sort of negativity, and so he is remarkable at clearing it away.  His stout, cream-colored muzzle is almost like a sore thumb among his long-necked, narrow-nosed barnmates.  It's a horse's personality, not their breed or coat color, that makes them who they are, but there's definitely a distinction between our little Quarter Horse and the lanky, more restless Thoroughbreds that he hangs out with.  Gasket most definitely takes his time eating his breakfast -- much to the others' disapprovals, as nobody goes to the paddocks before everyone has finished eating -- and still he'll be in no particular rush to leave his slumbery, hay-dusted stall.  The funny thing is, as soon as you've taken the halter off in the field, he stands out yet again as he routinely will take off bucking and snorting while the others separate into their grazing groups.  With as much energy as he has at every turn-out, nobody can guess where he could possibly store all of it when he spends each morning being so calm and lazy in the stall.

Gasket was adopted by Aubrey about five years ago.  She was looking around for an off-the-track, but when she caught his eye -- also in need of a home at the same rescue she went to check out a Thoroughbred at -- the word "no" was eliminated from her vocabulary.  She hasn't looked away from Gasket since, and he's happily welcomed each horse and person to come into, or pass through, his life.  He's now getting to be what others would call an older horse -- he hit 20 at the start of this year -- but he goes stronger than his younger, more excitable friends.  He's the most reliable on and eager for the trails, and he'd stand on the cross ties for hours if you wanted him to.  He always finds a way to enjoy life, and we will always adore everything about him.