French Fry's Story

French Fry was born February 28th, 2013. His name back then was French Trick and his purpose was to become a racehorse.

He had one start at Santa Anita Park on October 5th 2017 and finished 10th (last). The notes on his race stat sheet from that day said "FRENCH TRICK fractious in the gate, hesitated to be away behind the field, saved ground and was always outrun"

He tried but was always outrun. He fell behind the pack just like so many of us who deal with incapacitating anxiety or depression. We try to push through and catch up it's just harder for us. 

French Fry and his jockey

Between his leaving the race world and how he ended up where I found him, I can't account for (I'm working on it) but for an ex-racehorse to end up with someone as kind as Josey is more than rare - it's a miracle. She put years into restarting him and thanks to the time and energy she invested he turned into quite the gentleman. With her time becoming less and less she made the hard decision to let French Fry go. Wanting him to find a home where he'd be the primary focus she'd be picky about where he went. One Facebook post and some messages later - he found his way to me.

To try to explain how this big guy has impacted my day to day life would be impossible. He's gentle, he's smart, he's sensitive, and if he had the choice between a pasture full of grass or some love from his favorite person - he'd choose the latter.