Amanda's tales-My missing horse

Listening to Richard Madeley yesterday morning on BBC2 I was tempted to ring in-they were talking about things returning after going missing and their sports reporter talked about losing his dog-well I can top that with knobs on several time!
MANY years ago, when I was about 13, I used to bring my pony home for the week-end so I could play with her and watch her as kids do! My dad kindly created an area in the garage which was safe for her to stay overnight!
My younger sisters used to ride her on the garden without any bridle or saddle, which does seem a bit silly now! We didn't have a gate on the drive so my mum used to block it with her car.
Now one of my sisters, Jo is extremely horsey and one isn't. The one that isn't horsey was having a go on my pony, a VERY spirited 13.2h dun, arab, welsh mountain cross 5 year old mare, called Caprice. Caprice obviously decided she'd had enough and took to the air over the boot of my mums yellow Austin 1300 and off home with my sister still ontop. Fortunately she had the sense to bail out (technical term for falling off!).
She came running in and I immediately ran out of the other gate to see if I could see Caprice-in my stocking feet-no time for shoes.
Off I went following the trail by asking various neighbours and car drivers who had been stopped by the apparition 'Have you seen a horse?".
I'm no runner so she had gained some headway! I ran about half a mile towards the main road at which point I stopped a bus, explained what had happened and he took me to nearer Caprices' field.
At this point (still no shoes) someone told me that some guy had tried to lassoo her (no chance!) and I just thought 'that's going to make her even more determined not to be caught!".
D'you know I can't actually remember the details of what then happened, apart from she made it back to her field safely and my parents didn't receive any insurance claims!
Which reminds me about the Christmas Day 'gone out for the day' saga!
Anyway I think that tops a dog going missing!
What do you think!
PS if anyone has any info about Caprice (guess she's long gone by now) please get in touch. She lived with us for about 17 years and then went to a pony club home near Lambourne I think? I hope she went out in style.
What fun we had Caprice.You taught me so much. Fond memories

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Back off holiday now

Well the phone didn't stop ringing whilst I was away and I've managed to squeeze a few more people in for pony experiences.
The campsite we stayed at in Dorset had rather intermittent wi-fi, making it pretty difficult to stay in contact with the world. Whilst I couldn't send emails at least I could read them, sometimes. Very frustrating!
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