She had this very motherly energy, which is weird to say about a horse. I just always felt like she was going to take care of me. The two even had the same birthday, April 1, though Blumer was 8 and the horse - whom she called "Fancy" - was 12.
"She's good," he said on the Nov. 14 episode of TODAY. "She's just angry that she's not allowed to get back on the horse yet. She does have to take that time to recover."