"Oh, she's got personality," he says with a grin as he pulls open the barn door, gesturing for him to go in ahead of him. "And she was a good horse, healthy. She still gets ridden sometimes when one of us needs to go into town."

Once they're both inside, he takes the lead again, moving over to a beautiful sleek black mare. "Sammy wanted to name her Impala when he was younger. After those deer, in Africa?"