When the Enemy Shells the Stable

Malachita. In three weeks she was supposed to perform at the Championship of Ukraine in the class for young and junior riders. Her young owner has buried her today. Along with her dreams. Plus one incurable injury for a child´s soul in the piggy bank of war.

A russian terroristic attack struck the family stable «Endurance Horse Sport Club», owned by a 3* Master Endurance rider, Yulia Tolpyga, today. Almost all of her horses were killed, the building was damaged, and pieces of shaheeds are scattered around.

Yulia is walking along the mutilated bodies of her beloved horses, who were her whole life. «They are gone...» is all she can say in a trembling voice, as if she still doesn´t believe her own words.

Amazing black Ra-Nazran. A purebred Arabian stallion, winner of the Іnternational Endurance competitions. Still warm. But he is gone. Today, a «geranium» stroke his paddock.

Ars, Ra-Nazran´s little son, seems to be peacefully sleeping nearby. He was still a foal, in a baby’s coat that would once have faded to gray.

Chestnut Frailey. She was rescued and taken out of Bucha at the beginning of the war... A loyal, diligent mare who never threw off a single rider in her life. The second fucken drone hit right next to her. A table with the words «geran-2» and a serial number lies nearby.

Bosphor. The club´s most promising Endurance horse. Yesterday he had successfully competed CEN40km. Tonight he was pierced through and through by a dozen of mortal fragments. He is not breathing, the question «why?» is frozen in his eyes, blood is still pulsing from his wounds. Two more horses lie in a heap with Bosphor in a pool of blood. Their legs are broken, their eyes are gouged out. After the second strike, this herd was still alive. CCTV cameras recorded how the frightened horses jumped out and rushed to the training field. That´s where the third drone hit, as if some kind of monster was controlling it and clearly waiting for the horses...

Yes, the drones hit the target exactly, just as those bastards reported. Yes, this is a strategic object, because these horses terribly hindered the inhumans from implementing their plan: during training, they healed the children’s souls and did not let us break.

The press writes, «People were did not suffer» This is not true, because their souls were ripped out, this pain will never go away.

«Sports are not politics» — whine russian athletes who are not welcome at the FEI competitions. We do not want them to experience what Ukrainian athletes experienced today just because their horses are not to blame. But they have no right to compete at the international arena either.

And we will break through! In a few days, the owner of the bombed stable, Yulia Tolpyga, will raise the Ukrainian flag at international competitions in Estonia. Glory to Ukraine!