Kaley Cuoco is mourning the death of her beloved pet horse Belle.
Big Bang Theory alum, 37, said goodbye to her late animal friend in a tribute shared on Instagram on Friday.
“Sometimes horses come into your life and really make you see the world in a new and beautiful way,” Cuoco captioned her post, sharing a carousel of photos of herself and her pet. “Si Bella, you were the horse of life.”
She continued, “To this day I still can’t believe you’re mine. You taught me how to fly and put me in dream arenas that I thought could only be a dream. You truly had the heart of a warrior until your last breath. You deserve all the love, gratitude and respect my heart can muster.”
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“Thank you for giving me your best since the day we met,” Cuoco added. “Thank you to the Prudents for entrusting her to us. She was special to many and will remain so. Thank you @traceywade10 & @memomoreno2643 for loving her as much as I do 💫 Thank you to everyone who was a part of her journey.”
Several friends of the Emmy-nominated actress shared kind messages in her comments section, including Amanda Seyfried, who wrote: “Kaley, I’m sorry. They are the best.”
Cuoco, a longtime equestrian, first introduced Bella — one of several pets she’s adopted over the years — via an Instagram post in 2016.
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Kaley Cuoco and her beloved horse Bella, who died in 2023.
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Some of Meet Cute the star’s other horses are Poker Face, Smooshy, Zaza, Thor, Santos, Zee-Yah and Bionetty, which she retired in 2021.
Thor starred in PEOPLE’s World’s Most Beautiful 2015 issue, where he “interviewed” Cuoco, who called the pony “The Sexiest Horse Alive.”
The actress, who also has several dogs with Tom Pelphrey, opened up about her special relationship with her four-legged friends in an interview with LA mag in 2015.
“The bond between a human and a horse is like no other,” she told the magazine, adding that “it’s hard for people to understand the bond if they don’t have it.”
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In April, three weeks after welcoming her daughter Matilda with Pelphrey, 41, Cuoco introduced her daughter to some of her “barn friends” and documented the encounter on her Instagram Story.
“Tildy finally met her friends from the barn today!” she captioned one of the photos.
Along with another, she wrote: “Carlata was so cute! Look at their faces!”
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Matilda, now 5 months old, then met a horse that got a little too excited.
“Cody tried to lick her LOL,” Stewardess wrote the star alongside a photo of a horse sticking its tongue out.
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