05/03/2026
Lovely tribute for a special horse. RIP Endo the Blind
This morning the equestrian world woke up to the news that Endo the Blind has passed away.
And if youโve spent any time online this morning already, youโll have seen it.
Tributes. Photos. Stories. People sharing the impact he had on them.
Some people might look at that and think, โIt was just a horse on the internet.โ
But grief doesnโt really work like that.
Thereโs a term called disenfranchised grief. Itโs used to describe grief that society doesnโt always recognise as โvalidโ or worthy of mourning. The loss of an animal we never met. A horse that lived on the other side of the world. A creature we only knew through photos and videos.
Yet somehowโฆ they still mattered.
Endo represented something bigger than himself.
He was a horse who moved through the world with trust, guidance, and an extraordinary partnership with the humans around him. People followed his story because it reminded them of resilience. Of kindness. Of what horses are capable of when someone believes in them.
So when a horse like that dies, the sadness spreads far beyond one yard or one family.
It ripples through a whole community.
The equestrian world can be many things. Opinionated. Chaotic. Occasionally completely unhinged. But when a horse like Endo leaves us, you see the other side of it.
Thousands of people pausing their day to honour a life.
And that matters.
Because grief is really just love with nowhere to go.
Rest easy, Endo.
You reminded a lot of people what horses are capable of.
Here's my little tribute โค๏ธ ๐
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Endo the Blind