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I guess I should first tell you each horse's history.

Hatter - Hatter is my Appaloosa gelding, as well as my very first horse (my dad bought him last November as a birthday present for me). He is 19 years old and doesn't know it, and is a rescue horse. He was found by someone along with two Thoroughbred mares in a nailed-shut 20x10-foot shed standing in 18 inches of manure. They had survived by eating the wood of the shed. Hatter is very special to me, and will always be my favorite (even after he...you know), no matter what other horse I have. He taught me a lot (i.e., don't trot out in a huge field on a horse that is pretty barnsour and is good at taking the bit). I ride him English (I was hoping to jump him, but because of health problems on his part that is not possible). He also made me have my first accident. It was on Valentine's Day of 1999. As a matter of fact, at least he was considerate enough to throw me into a showdrift. =) He also stopped as soon as I flew off, and did not run away. He sort of looked down at me like, "Um, you're not supposed to be down there...DUH!" I wasn't mad at him then, and I am still not mad at him. All of those misinformed people out there that think Appys are insane are stupid. Appys just have a very clever mind (Hatter can prove that--he's VERY smart!) and need to be kept mentally busy to be happy.

Flight Commander "Dink" - Dink was the second horse to join the family. He, too, was a rescue horse. Dad bought him in January 1999, I think. Dink is 21 years old and a registered Arabian gelding. He was starved for some time before being saved by a very nice lady who then sold him to my father. Dad loves Dink to pieces, and they are very cute together! Dink will do anything for you. Dad rides him in a western saddle, I ride him in an English all-purpose saddle, and my aunt rides him in a dressage saddle. Of course, he seems to have had some barrel racing or pole bending training because he turns perfectly. He has never taken off with anyone (even that day in the field when Hatter bolted with me during a trail ride me and Dad went on). He's very sweet and there's not a mean bone in him. We're still working on getting his weight back up, and we're making progress. He scared us to death last winter with his symptoms of EPM, but he soon proved us wrong when, at the vet's discretion, we put him on phenylbutazone ("bute") for ten days. Three days later, Dink was racing in the back 40 against a four-year old and ran through a gate, swinging the post 90 degrees and tearing the gate to pieces. He suffered many cuts and bruises, but nothing was broken (thank God!). Needless to say, we didn't have to get the spinal tap done on him to be sure that he wasn't EPM-positive. =)

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Bayhills Marya "Marya" - Marya was the next lucky horse to earn our ownership. She is a registered Arabian mare and is 11 years old. She's very sweet, too. She joined us fall of '99. She's not been ridden in quite some time. She had a near-death experience of her own. She was standing alongside the barn where she was kept by her former owner (this was before we could move her), and something startled her. There is aluminum siding on the barn, and her foot was sliced right open along the bulb of her heel. The wound was a good inch and a half deep, and the vet couldn't believe she had missed a major artery by just a tiny bit. Her foot was like a slap-skate when she walked, but it is healing nicely now. It was her right hind foot. We're just glad she didn't kill herself. She currently has a foal by her side.

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MA Dukallion "Duke" - Duke is Marya's colt, by Lambent Flame. He's full Arabian. He was born in late May (I can't remember the date right off the top of my head) at a chestnut with a bold blaze. He'll end up grey when he gets older. He's certainly got his father's attitude and his mother's moodiness! He'll, unfortunetly, go to the stallion's owner.

My Chaparosa "My" - My is my 14-year old registered Arabian mare. We acquired her the summer of 1999. It was a pretty huge surprise for me! I started riding her when she came to the barn I get lessons at. I didn't like her at first, but she began to slowly grow on me. Then, one day while I was waiting for my instructor to come (we always get there early), the wife of the owner of the barn came out to greet us with, "Oh! You're the ones who bought the white Arabian!" I just looked at Dad, and he said, "You better go get her halter out of the boot of the car." I'm very happy to have her! She's the sweetest thing in the world (after Hatter, of course), and I love her dearly. I ride her English (dressage) and saddleseat, as well as do showmanship with her. I can no longer jump her because of her ERU ("moonblindness"). She just had a bay filly on April 6, 2000, by GSA Fadl. My has fantastic bloodlines, with Raffles being her great-grandfather. Skowronek appears in her lines around four times (three of those in one generation), Ferzon is in there twice on her sire's side. GSA Fadl has great lines, too. My has been quoted to be "as close to a perfect Arabian in the way of conformation as you will find anymore." She holds proof of almost all Arab lines (Crabbet, Polish, Russian, etc., but mostly Crabbet). She is a thrill to work with on the ground as well as in the saddle (though she did give me my second and most recent accident; she took off with me in another field and threw me quite a distance). The baby, Beevy, is just as perfect, if not better than her sire and dam. =)

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FadlsFearlessRose "Bucky/Beaver/Beevy" - Beevy is my new Arabian filly out of my mare, My Chaparosa. Born April 6, 2000, Beevy earned the barn name "Bucky Beaver" by the time she was 16 hours old. She's quite a girl! She's constantly running momma all over the place, kicking her, and bucking up a storm. She'll be nothing to wean, that's for sure. =) She's extremely bold, too--not scared of a thing! She comes right up to you with the personality of, "Hey! My name's Beevy, and you'd better pay all your attention to me!" She's not mean at all, but extremely stubborn! She's currently bay with one hind sock and a teeny tiny snip, but she's beginning to grey out. When she moves, she already has quite a beautiful canter and works right off her hind end like you would never believe. She really tests you and keeps you on your toes. If you let her get by with the slightest of things, she'll take advantage of you in a heartbeat--but in a playful manner. I can't wait to see what discipline she turns out to love! I'm already seeing quite a cross-country or eventing horse out of her. She'll be quite a horse to bring up, and I am very proud to have her! =)

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Etheria "Angel" - Angel is 11 years old and is my other registered Arabian mare. She became mine in early 2000. She's a gorgeous mare! She is trained in country english pleasure (saddleseat), but I do jumping, hunt, and dressage on her, as well. She has never placed out of the ribbons (rarely, if ever, out of the blue). She is my current mount for showing this year (as much as my heart lies in eventing, I will ride saddleseat this year for Angel). She's a beautiful mover (now that we've got her 'fixed' after the little girl who owned her before jumped her in a western saddle with a running martingale on a bit with shanks when this girl can't even balance over a jump!). Her extended trot feels like you are just floating! It's heaven to ride! She is a very sweet mare. After this year, I hope to get her into shape for some eventing. She's quite versatile without her toeweights on, so I doubt she'll have a problem with the switch. We went ot our first show on June 18. Considering she had her teeth done three days before (NOT MY FAULT!!!) and absolutely HATES mud (it poured all morning and the show was held outside), we did okay. We got a second in registered Arabian halter, a second in each of two saddleseat classes, and a first in open saddleseat pleasure. We decided to skip the last class (my equitation class) because she just got progressively more cranky (and I don't blame her one bit!). She was quite the bucking bronco all day and even reared once. But we made it through and hope that the next show will be...less eventful! =)

SOON COMING: Cole (Stock Paint colt), MA Prometheus (Arab gelding), Samson Zahar (NSH gelding), and Striker Clegg (QH gelding).