Calypso the quarter horse celebrates his 50th with children at a property in the Tallebudgera Valley
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By Tom Forbes
The gelding turns 50 today, the day all horses in Australia have their birthday.
Despite his ailments, Calypso, who lives on an agistment property at Tallebudgera on the Gold Coast hinterland, is a happy horse, according to his carer, Jenny Dyson-Holland.
“He’s got a will to live,” Ms Dyson-Holland said.
“You’ll get some people say ‘Why do you let a horse get to that age?’. But he has very limited arthritis, he’s in no pain, he eats all of his dinner, and he just loves life.
“So why change it?”…
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