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Mia by So Riveting AQHA, out of Perfect Dancer Jockey Club
Larks Gypsy Soul
February 3, 2006 - November 6, 2006
Gypsy Moon McCue x Larks Onefor the Money
2006 Buckskin APHA Breeders Trust
Thank you all for your kind words and letters.
For those of you wondering what happened to Miracle I apologize but it has taken me a while to be able to write this.
She was only nine months old but in that time she taught more about horses and the possibility of a connection between horses
and humans than any horse I have ever known. You see she had a very rough beginning, her mother was struck with EPM
while she was six months pregnant she suffered ataxia and was down for several day but we were able to save her.
She was able to live comfortably and carry her foal to term and with our help she was able to deliver Miracle. Miracle
was a red bag delivery and was a dummy foal. She also had Septicemia. She was the tinniest little thing, for the
first two days of her life I had to hold her up and help her nurse. The Vet’s had their doubts that she would
live or if she did ever be normal. But after a few days something clicked and she began to move around on her funny
little legs. When I spoke to her and called her name she would squeal in her funny little voice. She had the strongest
strength of spirit. Then a month after she was born Gypsy her mother started to relapse, again we tried hard to save
her and in the end we were not able to. So we were left with her beautiful lonely little filly and a promise to take
care of her. We nursed her and loved her and watched a myriad of emotions on her after loosing her mother, luckily we
were able to find her another “mother” within our herd. Diamond out 23 old Arabian mare gave Miracle her
space and allowed her time to grieve, but when it came time for a final good buy, Diamond (literally) spoke to her and Miracle
followed. From then on Diamond never left her side, she taught her how to run and play which Gypsy was never able to
do and she taught her how to be a horse. But even still Miracle never lost her love for people, I would just go
sit down in the pasture and no matter where she was she would run to me and rest her head on my shoulder. When the kids
came to the barn she would either stand or lie in her stall and let them brush her for hours. She was so patient and
kind for a baby. She grew into a beautiful young horse. And a cruel twist of fate dealt us another blow, she had
an unfortunate accident which left a cut in her leg, we had her stitched up and had all the necessary shots and still she
contracted Tetanus. She faced her treatment with gentleness and dignity and in the end it was not her that gave up,
but us, hoping to spare her from any suffering.
Meet our one and only 2006 foal. Due to unfortunate
circumstances we were only able to breed one mare (Gypsy) in 2005. At 2:00 am on Friday February 3rd Gypsy graced us
with a beautiful Buckskin filly. Her name is Larks Gypsy Soul. She is incredible and I think she's a good sign
of better things to come in 2006! We call her Miracle.
Update: Unfortunately we lost Miracle's Dam Gypsy on March
16, 2006. She is now being raised by Diamond our older Arabian mare. They have both adapted nicely to the arrangement
and seem to care for each other very much.
"Just a bunch of peas in a pod"
September 2006
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Our Second Filly of the Year!
Moons Shouldaseenitcomin
Barn name still being heavily debated...
A surprise filly out of our precious Pinto Shetland Lesson
Pony Meggie.
April 18, 2006
2005 Foals
SO MANY MOONS
"Sophie"
Born March 17, 2005
Gorgeous Black Overo Filly
Both Eyes Blue
Breeders Trust
Should mature close to 16 hands.
In training for lunge-line and in-hand
trail.
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Moons Mint To Be
Dakota Mint Ranger X Moons Simply Cirrus
Buckskin PtHA Tobiano Filly
Born May 6, 2005
UPDATE: This filly has been weaned, vaccinated and had her
coggins test. She is doing fantastic!
2004 Foals
Gypsy's colt was born 4/10/04, Cirrus had a colt born mid-morning on
3/28/04 and Redi's new filly was born on 3/10/04.
Check out their photos below!
Midnight
Max McCue
APHA
Buckskin Tovero Colt
Right
eye Blue
Moons Classic Tucker
'Tucker"
PtHA Red Dun Tobiano Colt
2 Blue Eyes
2003 Foals
Dash To The Moon
Congratulations Charlotte Cannon of Fox
Point Farm. We will see you in the junior classes next year.
We are so pleased with Dash to the Moon we have decided to keep him
as our future herd sire!
We have carefully selected several mares and fillies, which we will begin breeding to him in 2006. We
are very excited to see how he develops; he is already showing loads of potential. He is a gorgeous mover and has
a fantastic disposition. He was born on August 15, 2003 and he is a heartbreaker. He is a sorrel
overo, with a bald face, one blue eye and four high white stockings. He is a big colt, nice and strong with
good balance. He has an excellent head and neck. His sire, Slick Shadow
(photo shown on pedigree page) is a barrel racer and has a strong racing background. His grandsire is
One Slick One had 7 wins, totaling $157,937 RC and was the '92 Superior RC Horse. His great grandsire
is Dash for Cash was 2-time World Champion, 4-time Champion Race Horse and in the AQHA Hall of Fame. His dam Tequilas
Queen JMD is a loud black and white overo. She has a very gentle nature and is a great pleasure and trail horse.
Both sire and dam are tall so Kirby will have height as well as lots of muscle.
| Kirby in Training |
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