Cliffy
Holsteiner
Foaled July 1994
Cliffy, occasionally known as Prince Clifford, is the class comedian! He has a thousand
expressions that he uses to convey his various thoughts and moods. He likes to keep to
a schedule. Every winter afternoon, around 1:30, he can be found napping in his
stall. But he works hard and deserves his naps. His discipline is dressage, and he
teaches our instructors to be better riders and horse people.
Cliffy is also our good will ambassador. He has an innate awareness of when someone
is in need of emotional support. He offers his support through the focused attention
he gives. We first noticed this gift when we had a visitor who was in the last stages
of cancer come to Camelot. She was in need of horse time, a reprieve from the sanitary
and sheltered hospital conditions she was living in, and Cliffy knew. He bathed
her in love by arching down to hold her, lavishing her with horse kisses, and allowing
her to love him as well. Her family told us that in her last days she was surrounded
by Camelot horse photos, as well as the memories Cliffy gave her to put into her
pocket and hold sacred on her journey.
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