Everlasting Spirit's story of how he survived

Breaking in a foal will be pretty easy if you have had the foal from birth but if you have a foal that has had a rough time then it could get a little tricky. I, my self have broken in many foals out at our farm but I once had trouble with a foal who had lost its mother and was left alone and came so close to death, he was very scared at everything but with alot of help and support for the little horse he came through. He is now competing in competitions and is my own horse. I named him Everlasting Spirit (Spirit for short) he is a Brumby and this is his story. The very first time I saw Spirit was when I was out riding in the mid west of Australia looking for some wonderful Brumby sittings when I was shocked to see this poor foal lying there all by him self, Spirit's mother had left him our was killed because she was know where in site. We took Spirit right back to the farm where it took 4 months to get him healthy again, there was a time when he almost died of bad health. Over those 4 months Spirit was trotting, cantering and galloping all by him self. Soon after we got the halter on him and he would let us lead him with the lead rope. Spirit grew very fond of my daughter, son and I, together we brought him up. When Spirit was older we got the bridle on him and the saddle and he learnt how to be ridden, at first Spirit would only let me ride him but soon after my daughter would ride him and she was the one who taught Spirit how to jump. My daughter kept on training Spirit until he got sick with colic and again came so close to death but after Spirit got better he was back into his training. He loved being ridden, he is the only horse I have ever seen that always wants to go for a ride. My daughter who is now 15 rides Spirit in Jumping competitions and Spirit has won over 10 competitions and he loves it. Spirit is now 6 years old and has been riding since he was 2 and will until he dies. And though Spirit's recovery took alot of strength and alot of time and effort he still made it. This shows that if you believe anything will happen and there is such thing as a miracle.