One of my least favourite dealers brought this filly to a local crap sale. With a whole herd that he had purchased at bargain basement prices from a colour breeder.
I made the mistake of walking by the ring to leave.
The auctioneer said, "What about you Dena"? My response was, "Whatever". Apparently that translates into "SOLD"!
If, I recall correctly, she was close to 3 months when she came. Rip weaned at the sale. And a nightmare to handle. Anytime she startled she flipped right over on her back. And most everything startled her.
And then, there were, the sale barn snots, the ringworm, the strangles that just about killed her(she broke behind the throatlatch in her neck), another round of ringworm, and after many cold nights in in the barn nursing her, here she is.
She is an angel for the farrier. Fair about doctoring(shots). And she hates the clippers with a purple passion(we are working on that). Very soft in the halter.
And she has finally learned to tie and stand quietly.
She is very sensitive skinned. Think hypereactive Thoroughbred. And she is insanely fast...
Her name on application is, "Go Leona Go". She is broodstock paint. Sonny Dee Bar and Tiger Leo topside. Her mother is not on allbreed but her name is, "Rodeo Dun It".
She may very well end up going to live with Bobby the 17hand wonderhorse in ND. I just need to know the flipping thing is truly a thing of the past. She currently has about 6 months flip free under her belt. When it is a year then I will know.
She will be 2 sometime this year. As you can see, by how high her rear end is, she is no where near mature enough to start under saddle.
We will see how she looks next year.
All of our youngstock are late babies. April through June.
I am going to be a little busy today. We are moving Eli and Nesta to their summer pasture.:)
ReplyDeleteWe will get some more of the yearlings pictures up this week.
And we very much appreciate the kind words.
Thanks everyone...
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