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It is with a very heavy heart that I wish to tell our horse family and friends of the passing of Cotton Eye June Delight. Junebug, as she was lovingly known around the barn, passed away on Tuesday, May 25th, 2004 of liver failure. She would have been 15 years old next week. We purchased Junebug in 1994 from Tom and Janice Johnson of Montgomery, Alabama. She was six years old when we purchased her and we have shown her ever since. She was the 1998 NSSHA English Pleasure World Champion and the 2001 SSHBEA Lite Shod Reserve World Champion. In the last few years our children have taken to ridding her. Hunter showed leadline and Juvenile 11 & under with Junebug. Emily also showed her in leadline this past year. You could always count on Junebug to give you 110% anytime you rode yet she was as gentle as a fly when our children were on her back. It was almost as if she knew there were small children on her and she took wonderful care of them when they rode. She was the ideal spotted saddle horse. She went from the ring on Saturday night to around the hay field at a moments notice and never spooked at anything. Junebug had a motor that did not stop and was a flashy mare. We did not always win the class but we almost always came out with a ribbon. The thing that many people will remember about her is her long white tail. She had almost 3 feet of tail on the ground that floated like a cloud behind her when she was in a show gait. More importantly, Junebug was a member of our family. She was the very first horse I have ever owned and I loved her very much. She will be sorely missed. I truly feel as if my heart has been torn out. You never realize how much these wonderful animals touch your heart until they are no longer there. She was my first horse. She taught me how to ride and took care of me when she knew that I didn’t know what I was doing. She never let me get hurt and she took care of my children the same way. She gave me so many amazing rides around the many rings she graced. I feel truly blessed to have had her in life for the last 10 years.
Junebug, please know that you are loved more than you will ever imagine and we all miss you more than you will ever know. May your rest now be peaceful my friend, my beautiful horse.

Teddy, Melissa, Hunter, and Emily Perry