Its Poppy-checking in to say im alive!

[popsterb]

His its Poppy here from Ireland from the old 'horseforum'. Havent been on the forums in a LONG time ive been so busy!
ANyway just wanted to check in with all my old friends to say im alive and well and so are the horses!
Hope you're all well too!
x

[SedonaThunder]

I was asking about you recently - GLAD to see you here! Everytime I get my HorseLoverz emails I think of you because their ads have a girl jumping that reminds me sooo much of you!

[popsterb]

Aw!
How are you keeping!?

[sugarsgirl]

Hi !!
I've been wondering where you've been.
Glad you're finally here :)

[popsterb]

:)Not sure i'll be around too mcuh im hectic at the moment with college, horses, work, ect! But i'll try i promise!
Im going away early tmorrow morning to a comp about 3 hours away for the weekend but i'll have the laptop!

[Toodlestoo]

Welcome--we missed you, your horses and your breathtaking pictures of Ireland!!

[JackieB]

Poppy! Yay! I've been thinking of you and hoping you are doing well. Thanks so much for checking in. We're doing great. Just elected a new President over here in case you hadn't heard. :) Let's see, no other big news. Everything's going great.

[popsterb]

Im pretty sure everyone in the world has heard about your new president! its front page news over here for the last week! People here are just as obsessed about it as USA! Im glad your well and buster too!?
Toodlestooo i missed hearing and seeing eveyones news here too!

[Gypsy Rose]

Glad to see you here, popsterb!

[Vegashorselady]

Nice to see you, it would be great to see pics from that comp you are going to!

[vicklynn]

Sounds like you have your hands full. Good to see you had a second to drop in and say hi.
Hope all is going well for you.

[mare]

Gosh. Good to hear from you again. I've been offline and have missed reading about your riding adventures.

[WashingtonBay]

Welcome Popster... I'm glad you found us! :)

[popsterb]

hey thanks for all the great welcomes! Im back from the show just there, horses jumped well- was a sucessful show but there was an awful tradegy down there which put an awful feeling in to the whole place- i pulled out of the finals and went home early.
Hope everyone here is well

[Gypsy Rose]

Doesn't sound good from the way you're telling it at all- now you've got me curious as to what happened.

[popsterb]

One of the top young riders and friend took his own life late on friday night in the stables after a party in the bar. was hurrendous..

[vicklynn]

((HUGS))sorry to hear that. You ok?

[popsterb]

thanks, yeah im coping, still in shock i think, hasnt sunk in yet. His dad requested that the show went on but many people were too distaught to carry on and left. We had a rememberance service for him last night and everyone got up and talked about their memories of him.

This is the news press release
IT WAS with great sadness that Horse Sport Ireland learned today of the untimely death of 20 year-old Irish international Show Jumper Benny Kuehnle at Cavan.

Benny was one of the most promising show jumping riders of his generation. He was part of Ireland's Young Rider team that competed at this year's European championships in Prague, where he led the team to sixth place and finished in an outstanding 11th place in the individual competition from 65 of Europe's top young riders.

As a senior rider he was really making his mark on the National Circuit and had been competing internationally. Only last month he was victorious at the Northern Ireland International Horse Show in Belfast riding Looping Star.


Ireland's Young Rider Chef d'Equipe Comdt John Ledingham said that Benny was one of the most gifted young riders in Europe.

"Benny was prodigiously talented. His performance at this year's European championships was outstanding, and while he finished 11th he was very unlucky not to finish even higher up the ranks. Words cannot express the shock all of us in the sport are feeling at this news."

next week will be hard for all

[Pinky]

(((((Hugs))))). Really sorry about your friend :(.

How's Flint doing? (Also, any pics?)

[lisakaye]

Nice to see you again.

[popsterb]

Thanks.
Flint is for sale at the moment:( sniff sniff!
All the other horses are grand- we prob have mostly new ones since i talked last, we sold a lot during teh summer and got in lots of new ones!

[JackieB]

I'm so sorry about your friend. Depression is such a horrible disease.

I hope you'll be able to stay in touch with us even though you will be so busy at unversity.

[EnglishGuy]

Hey popsterb!

I was actually looking at the albums from some of the forumers from the UK and thought about you. I was actually go to make a post to see where you were! I miss all the amazing pictures you always had for us.

Hope to hear from you more.

[Gypsy Rose]

I'm sory about your friend, popsterb! Sending hugs your way!

[popsterb]

thanks all
I'll have to post up some pics for you won't I!

[cloedoll]

Poppy! I am glad you joined, as you know, we've been missing you!!

[cloedoll]

Oh my gosh, I jsut read about your friend...I'm so sorry...:(

((hugs))

[JetLagaside]

Glad to see you made it over here :) so sorry to hear about your friend.

[Remali]

Oh Poppy I am so sorry about your friend, how sad and tragic.

I am glad you found us over here on this forum, we're happy you're here!

[popsterb]

Thanks for all teh well wishes, was at the funeral durung teh week, was very hard, but im ok.
Im glad to be back here!