WITH A HEAVY heart, I said goodbye to Sunny, my light-colored palomino last week. Horseplay readers may recall Sunny came into my life after she was given to my niece, Brooke Stromberg (see my column of July 8, 2018 HORSEPLAY: A rider rediscovers her passion after addiction | Peninsula Daily News.) My niece, an addict who was clean at the time, and Sunny began racing together to great success. She was then gifted Sunny, but soon after fell back into the trappings of an addict and Sunny became mine to care for, and I grew to love her. My niece is living in California and I hear is no longer using.