Eddy, this big boy was a standardbred ex-pacer that found himself in the online auctions, he had such a low reserve with no bids so i snapped him up so he could have a second chance at life ❤ Eddy was absolutely beautiful with a slightly pushy behaviour to keep you on your toes. He was always a tad underweight but nothing too dramatic, so I didn’t think much of it other than to keep feeding him adequately. Eddy had made such good progress he wasn’t far off being listed for adoption when he suddenly came down with what we believed to be colic. We managed to overcome that bout of colic with some pain relief and gentle walking, he went back to normal. A week later and he came down again with the same colic symptoms, a quick phone call to the vet and we treated him accordingly.. rather than improving this time he rapidly got worse, I rushed our Eddy to the nearest Equine Specialist Hospital where it was discovered that this poor gentle giant had somehow ruptured his stomach, we suspect due to an underlying tumour that had weakened everything, it was impossible to treat and would have been practically impossible to have discovered (it was discovered during his autopsy) I had to say goodbye to Eddy that night and I still wish there was more that I could have done for my big boofy boy.