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She is lovely

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Thanks Redbud :) I can't wait to meet her tomorrow! I'll probably post some pics I take after that!

Very well bred mare. Congrats!

Well here she is:
http://i61.tinypic.com/33bkg8g.jpg (Tried getting the pic to show here but it wouldn't so you'll have to cick the link)
I was told that she was easy to catch but we had some trouble with catching her. She wasn't running away and definitely not scared, just keeping one step ahead of us so we couldn't get a rope on her neck/head. We were able to open the gate from the pasture to the arena and have her walk into the arena so we were in a smaller area and no other horses in the way. We cornered her and spent about 10 min petting her and moving in closer. As soon as I got the rope around her neck she knew she was caught. She let me halter her no problem. She is VERY gentle on the halter, as soon as the rope starts moving any direction she follows without being tugged on. She's a very close walker though so we are going to have to work on that. She picked up all 4 feet and held them briefly for me (until I put them down, no kicking at all). Her feet are awful right now so will be getting the farrier out this week. I think they said it has bee 2 years since they had anything done with them.
On a scale from 1-10 for spookiness she is absolutely 0. She didn't care about anything we did. She has an awful shabby little appy tail so I tied a bunch of twine in it for her to keep the flies off and she just stood as I did. Some little girls came running into the barn where she was tied and she just looked at them.
All together I am really pleased with her. I am hoping the catching issue was just because she doesn't know me yet and she had only been dropped off by the ACO 1 hour before I got there.
She gets along amazing with the other horses, you would never know she was new. Not a scream or kick from the bunch. She was just in the herd grazing when I got there as if she had always been there! There is at least 30 other horses.

I hope I get used to her eyes soon... That is one thing I really don't like is horses with blue eyes.. It just looks wrong to me!


Oh, and name suggestions please!! I am thinking of calling her Image, but would like to think of a better reg. name for her too!
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I've always disliked blue eyes. Found them creepy. My horses eyes are blue. They started out a darker blue but have faded over the years. I have gotten used to them but still find them wierd on other horses.

Congrats! She is pretty! Love the dappling. How about Crystal Image for a reg name.

Very pretty girl. I'd be tempted to call her Whiskey after her sire.

Thanks guys, sorry I haven't been on in forever! I think I am going to name her Weedo's Perfect Image OR Weedo's Wild Imagination. I have been calling her Image anyway. She is doing well, still very sore on gravel. I have saddled and bridled her. Took the saddle like a champ and I got my hopes up thinking she may have some work on her.... But she had definitely never had a bit in her mouth. She was good about it but kept getting her tongue under it and chomping a lot. After about 5 min or so she did settle into it. I hope to get some better pics soon... Juggling 2 horses, my dogs, keeping up the house, work, and a toddler is a lot of work! Haha!
My only plans for her is to be my "pet". WTC in an arena and on trails.. Some jumping... swimming in the quarry... Maybe one fun show each spring. I am more into just enjoying my horses as pets than competing with them.

Not at all! :) I didn't take it that way at all!

ApHC will allow owners to change a horse's name so long as it has no offspring, hasn't been shown/raced and a couple other minor things. There's a name change application on their website.