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stablemind

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Amazing Gracie aka the Little Woolybear
« on: March 05, 2014, 05:36:09 pm »

Gracie has been sharing digs with Pete T this long, c-c-cold winter. Rob has pretty much taken over care of those 2 and that has amounted to feeding, watering and giving daily scratches. No halters, no leading, no picking up feet, just the bare necessities of life. Grace had even missed 2 trim cycles. We had good intentions of trimming her ourselves, but kept putting it off to a warmer day, which never seemed to happen. I'd also worried that enough time had passed with little handling that she'd be a stinker if we tried to trim without some review lessons. By now, though, I was more concerned about neglecting her feet.

Today was trim day. I decided Greg and I were going to get her trimmed one way or other. I led her to the barn first thing this morning so she'd have time to settle in. The mares in the pasture went into buckingfarting celebrations when they saw us coming and Grace thought she could join the party - yeehaw! But once I got her into a stall, she settled right down. I gave her a few minutes to chill, then got her back out, gave her a thorough brushing and picked out her feet. She was good as gold...sooty gold, that is. Greg came midafternoon and other than a bit of impatience toward the end, was a good girl for her trim.

Once Greg left, I snapped a few pix before taking her back to Pete T. I only got 3 before the camera battery died. One was good enough to share. So, here she is at 10 months of age, our fuzzy-wuzzy, butt high, happy-eyed, wildly colored, Amazing Grace. JMHO, but I think she's cute as a bug's ear. She's got her daddy's attitude, mama's calm sweetness and a snappy lil 4-beat gait.

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Re: Amazing Gracie aka the Little Woolybear
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2014, 05:52:10 pm »

Wow. Wait a minute. 10 months already???  She's gonna be a looker. Have you decided what her coloring is?? 
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Re: Amazing Gracie aka the Little Woolybear
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2014, 06:27:43 pm »

love her!
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Re: Amazing Gracie aka the Little Woolybear
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2014, 06:37:14 pm »

She is definitely sooty palomino. (Her only color options are palomino or red.) Sooty palomino comes in so many varieties, everything from minimal shading, a bit of gray in the mane/tail, to dark brown all over. We can certainly tell how it's affecting her mane...and the dark areas of her legs. In a few weeks, we'll see this year's version of her color(s). Her color will definitely be morphing for a few years.
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Re: Amazing Gracie aka the Little Woolybear
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2014, 06:44:15 pm »

She IS a woolybear--soooo cute!  What a striking color combination she is.  And how wonderful that she was good for her trim--no great surprise that she was impatient towards the end. 
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Re: Amazing Gracie aka the Little Woolybear
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2014, 07:10:08 pm »

I find color genetics fascinating. I'll be watching for the changes.
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Re: Amazing Gracie aka the Little Woolybear
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2014, 09:57:37 pm »

What a pretty girl!!  :D
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Re: Amazing Gracie aka the Little Woolybear
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2014, 10:28:57 pm »

What a pretty girl! It's going to be fun to watch her color over the next few years. Hopefully she'll either be with you or a GHS member so that we get to watch her grow up.
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Re: Amazing Gracie aka the Little Woolybear
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2014, 03:09:16 am »

what a good girl! and so pretty and adorable.
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Re: Amazing Gracie aka the Little Woolybear
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2014, 05:44:05 am »

She is just gorgeous Cyd! Love her. Are you keeping her?
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Re: Amazing Gracie aka the Little Woolybear
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2014, 08:01:21 am »

Oh Cyd, she's SO gorgeous!!!  Truly a stunner.  I almost hate to publicly say that because I'm secretly hoping that she'll still be available in a few years when we're ready to buy  ;)!  But truly, I do hope she finds a great home, no matter who that will be.

I'm so enjoying following her progress.  Her color is icing on the cake. 

Dawn
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Re: Amazing Gracie aka the Little Woolybear
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2014, 12:21:50 pm »

She is a beauty!    Be sure and post pics when she sheds this summer!  She is a looker already so can't imaging how much more gorgeous she'll be shedded off!

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Re: Amazing Gracie aka the Little Woolybear
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2014, 01:21:50 pm »

Awwww....she is a cutie!!!
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Re: Amazing Gracie aka the Little Woolybear
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2014, 06:24:27 pm »

I want to hug her!
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Re: Amazing Gracie aka the Little Woolybear
« Reply #14 on: March 07, 2014, 09:03:10 am »

Cyd she sure is one cutie.  Very nicely put together.  Love her head. 
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