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Black Tobiano Pinto Stallion (Heterozygous for black)
Foaled 2005 15'1 hands 1100 lbs
Bred by Pat Wilson
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*Curly Tom |
*Pistol
Pete |
| Nell |
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*Miss Fort
Berthold |
*Standing
Rock Stallion |
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Rock Mare |
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*WW Moonshadow is a very special addition to our barn. You see in late
2004 we brought home his full sister *WW Jazzy Peacock only to lose her less
than 2 days later in a freak accident. We were devastated. A few
weeks later we decided to purchase a full sibling to *Jazzy in-utero. As
any breeder knows, buying the unborn is a crap shoot but at the time we were
willing to take our chances as it gave us something to look forward to
instead of dwelling on the past.
In late June
2005 Pat Wilson called to tell us our new foal had arrived. We
had no idea what to expect but we really didn't care so long as mare &
foal were happy and healthy. Our jaws dropped when we received the first
photos of *Mooney. We aren't big fans of pinto coloration but this guy
wears his spots well! We would never have imagined having a second black
stud in our barn but here he is! He came home in mid-October of
2005.
*Mooney
is developing into a classy and charismatic young man. At 2 years of
age he stands 15 hands high and weighs in at a whopping 1000 pounds. We
are very confident he'll be at least 15'2 hands at maturity and should weigh in
at a solid 1300 pounds. Like most curlies *Mooney is incredibly intelligent, a willing learner and has to be involved in
anything his humans are doing. He also has a very playful and
mischievous side to his character but he never behaves in a disrespectful
manner. As a yearling all of his ground skills are in place and he has
been lightly introduced to lunging. His first saddling was a big
non-event; the only objection he had was the tightening cinch woke him
up. He will also allow me to sit on him while he is lying down in the
paddock!! What a good boy! Now begins the waiting game! I can hardly wait to see what
this boy is like under saddle.
UPDATE: Moon has started his education
under saddle!! He is so smart and so willing. Nothing fazes
this boy! Another example of a well raised and well handled young
Curly horse!!!
*Mooney's sire is *Curly Tom who is half Belgian. We are sad to
report that *Curly Tom passed away in May 2006. Our condolences to Pat
Wilson & family.
*Mooney's dam is the wonderful old *Miss Fort Berthold (a.k.a. Jamie) who is
from the Standing Rock Reservation.
We certainly weren't looking for a second stud but we can't find any
compelling reasons to geld him at this time. Our eldest mares are
entering mid-life so it's now time to think about creating some replacement
mares from these fine girls. These mares have produced well with *Ben
but we are hoping to add some height and bulk by crossing them with
*Mooney. Of course a touch of flashy colour sure wouldn't hurt either.
*Mooney has covered his first two mares!! We anxiously await the arrival of his
first foals in June of 2008.
Sorry, *Mooney's services will not be offered
to the public.
Check out that shoulder & hip! This boy has it
all going on.
We knew he was a good looking fellow but as he's maturing, he's taking it all
to a whole new level!
And I thought getting good photographs of a black curly
was tough...... a black and white pinto curly is even tougher especially if
you want to show curls! Here is a close up of *Mooney's winter coat and
his mane! He's very similar to *DCC Wyoming Gold in degree of curl and
texture. Very surprising considering they come from completely different
bloodlines!
*WW Jazzy Peacock
This 19 month old filly was put to rest after a freak accident less than
12 hours after these photos were taken.
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