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Annie's sire is our big perlino stallion, Darrah's Handsome Traveler, who comes from working western bloodlines, Elsie Darrah's breeding program and the Rise and Shine program. Handsome's sire, Captain's Cream Color, was bred by Arrow's Walkers out of two Calvin Miller bred horses. Captain's Cream Color was affectionately nicknamed "Traveler" and Micki will tell you that he was her heart horse the way that his half brother, Golden Gambler, is mine. While in Micki's program, Traveler left a legacy of naturally gaited, golden walking horses with stellar dispositions. Handsome's dam, Darrah's Ivory Rose, was my dream mare. I tried to buy her from Micki when she was two, but she wouldn't sell at the time. When the time came that Micki was ready to retire, I happily brought Rosie into my breeding program. She quickly became one of Jarred's favorites due to her exceptional size, bone and movement. "She's the perfect mare for producing field trial mounts!" Rosie's dam was the cornerstone of Elsie's program, Fireball's Mountain Maid. Rosie's sire was Royal Ivory, perhaps the most well known cremello walking horse stallion of all time. Elsie wrote of Royal Ivory in her colored stallion review: "Royal Ivory is my all time favorite cremello stallion and he is a key player in my breeding program. He has it all: pedigree, color, gentle disposition, natural walking ability and good conformation. He will do anything you ask of him. He is an excellent trail riding horse and is used to pull a horse-drawn hearse in parades. He is the perfect gentleman as a breeding stallion. His foals have the same gentle disposition as their sire. If you are looking to add color, conformation, natural walking ability and personality to your foals, Royal Ivory is for you." Annie's dam, Royal Roller, didn't have a name brand pedigree (with the exception of Pride's Stormy Night), but she was the was truly "old school" - huge bones, big feet, WIDE chest. She was as foundation style a walking horse as they get. She was broke to ride and four-beat gaited along with the best of them. She had a stoic disposition and a great mind. We were heartbroken to lose her.
TWHBEA #22002066
DOB: 6-14-2020 COLOR:
BUCKSKIN TOBIANO
GENOTYPE: HEIGHT: DARRAHS HANDSOME TRAVELER TWHBEA #21502557 COLOR:
PERLINO HEIGHT: 16+h |
Annie had a rough start to
life, but she doesn't seem to have noticed. We lost her dam the day
she was born due to a ruptured uterine artery. Thankfully, she was
able to get colostrum before her dam left us. The next next morning,
Coppertop's Moon Dancer gave birth to her half brother. He was a
dummy foal who sadly didn't make it. Jarred covered Annie in the
placenta and presented her to Dancer. Dancer accepted Annie as her own
and has been a wonderful mother to her.
