The King is dead, long live the King!
This morning I woke up to a message from Jeanne Craver to the Davenport Owners list serve on Google Groups that Triermain CF had died the night before. Her message, titled “Another end to another era”, was:
I went to feed about 30 minutes ago, and Triermain was gone. It looks like he strolled out to the water tank and was heading back to the shed and just dropped. No sign of struggle. He ate his breakfast with his usual gusto, and had seemed well. I am glad he went so quickly. Jeanne
The passing of the last senior stallion at Craver Farms indeed marks the end of an era. Triermain was my personal favorite, after his sire Thadrian. He will forever have a special place in my heart. He was just perfect.
First photo by Anita Westfall. Second photo from the Craver Farms collection.
Of his several sons and successors, Aurene CF (below, photo by owner Hannah Logan) is, in my opinion, the new king. Long live the king!
In homage to Triermain, a quote from the poem of Walter Scott “the Bridal of Triermain” after which Charles Craver named him, because only him was worthy of Plantagenet daughters:
Courteous as monarch the morn he is crown’d,
Generous as spring-dews that bless the glad ground;
Noble her blood as the currents that met
In the veins of the noblest Plantangenet:
Such must her form be, her mood and her strain,
That shall match with Sir Roland of Triermain.
Yes a sad day to say goodbye to Triermain. BTW I’ve not seen Aurene looking so good as he does with Hannah. Her farm agrees with him! I’m so sorry the chestnut colt by Aurene and born by my Fin DeSiecle CF didn’t survive when Fin was not in my care. I heard he was a chestnut with full chrome and I bet he was a dandy.
So peculiar. Jeanne and I were just talking yesterday morning about how her boys seemed to be doing well, and then he just dropped. 31 is no small feat for a stallion, and I, too, am glad that such a regal boy had what seems like such a peaceful end. Not all horses get that.
And funny, Javera Thadrian has been my favorite Davenport stallion since I first laid eyes on the name. That he’s a looker to go along with it is such a boon.
Thank you, Edouard. He was a gentleman to the end, although a greedy one. He loved his meals, and tore up more than bucket arrangement because he couldn’t get to it easily enough. Of course, I was trying to slow him down!
His companion Deluvian seems confused more than anything. Obviously something is missing in his world. I am so grateful that they got about 7 months of bunking together, to enjoy that companionship.
Triermain was part of a group of 1988 stallions that we ran together, and as they were pulled off one by one, he and Jamboree stayed together. T was always the dominant one, and where he went, J followed.
If his sire was glorious, so was his dam, Demetria, and he actually was more her son.
Indeed the end of an era.