I've mentioned a filly in a previous post, Darcy, aka "Loosy Goosy".
I repo'ed her for a friend from a "buyer".
I've brought this girl's weight back up, rebroke her under saddle, started training her. She's had about a month on the track- jogging 1.5 miles and baby galloping about a half mile just to learn her balance.
Darcy needs to find a new home. Although she probably has the speed it would take to be a nice racehorse, her mind has been so warped by the "buyer", she has too many issues to go on training without hitches.
Her owner can't afford to take her back and asked that I find a good home for her.
Unfortunately, a training center is not set up for the kind of attention this little girl needs.
Ideally, she would find a person who would be willing to let her unwind and trust again. Darcy gets herself worked up into little episodes - when something worries her, it eventually gets to where it overpowers her "thinking process". She has a meltdown. When this happens, the only thing that calms her down is to be able to get back in her stall. What's missing is her yelling: "Let me back in my house!!!"
This is the kind of filly that really needs to know and trust her handler.
She does anything I ask of her, so long as I am the only one around.
She grooms, picks up her feet, lets me touch her anywhere, she bathes, she walks, leads, knows verbal commands. She rides, WTC, she knows all her ground commands, moves off pressure wonderfully. I've practiced the Parelli Seven Games with her and she knows exactly what is asked of her. She longes.
She even trust Cowboy, who rides her to the track and is very kind and patient with girls like her.
Bring in a new person and she unravels. She won't pick up her feet for the farrier. She sees a rasp and becomes absolutely terrified.
I don't know what was done to her during her month plus with the "buyer" but I do know it wasn't good.
Darcy also has a problem with nasal discharge from her left nostril. We've treated it with antibiotics, which cleared the color but not the discharge. She's had her guttural pouches flushed twice, they are completely clean. She's been scoped twice- her lungs are clean, her throat is fine, her nasal passages are fine, there is no indication of cysts, growths, abscesses or anything else of the sort.
The two vets who have examined her both believe the discharge is a result of needing to be vaccinated- they call it the baby snots. She has had one shot so far and needs to continue going through being vaccinated so that this discharge may clear up.
If it doesn't, she would probably need xrays of her head to see if there is something more serious going on that is causing this discharge.
It isn't contagious to other horses, or humans.
This sweet filly needs to find her person.
She has beautiful gaits, lots of suspension, a nice forward mover.
Her pedigree is very different:
 (USA) dkb/br. F, 2005 DP = 3-3-8-0-0 (14) DI = 2.50 CD = 0.64 |
| STARSHIP SEMINOLE (VEN) b. 1996 | PLAY ON (USA) blk/br. 1981 | STOP THE MUSIC (USA) b. 1970 | HAIL TO REASON (USA) br. 1958 [C] | TURN-TO (IRE) | b. 1951 [BI] | |||||
| NOTHIRDCHANCE (USA) | b. 1948 | |||||||||
| BEBOPPER b. 1962 | TOM FOOL (USA) | b. 1949 [IC] | ||||||||
| BEBOP (FR) | b. 1957 | |||||||||
| LITTLE TOBAGO (USA) ch. 1971 | IMPRESSIVE (USA) dkb/br. 1963 | COURT MARTIAL (GB) | | ch. 1942 [B] | ||||||
| HIGH VOLTAGE (USA) | gr. 1952 * | |||||||||
| BUSHFIELD (USA) ch. 1961 | JET PILOT (USA) | ch. 1944 | ||||||||
| MISS BUSHER (USA) | ch. 1949 | |||||||||
| BEDROOM WINDOW (USA) dkb/br. 1985 | LINKAGE (USA) b. 1979 | HOIST THE FLAG (USA) b. 1968 [BI] | TOM ROLFE (USA) | b. 1962 [CP] | ||||||
| WAVY NAVY (USA) | b. 1954 | |||||||||
| UNITY HALL (USA) b. 1968 | CYANE (USA) | b. 1959 | ||||||||
| RUM BOTTLE BAY (USA) | b. 1959 | |||||||||
| GUICHET (USA) dkb/br. 1973 | JACINTO (USA) br. 1962 | BOLD RULER (USA) | br. 1954 [BI] | |||||||
| CASCADE (GB) | dkb/br. 1951 | |||||||||
| CROQUET (USA) gr. 1961 | COURT MARTIAL (GB) | | ch. 1942 [B] | |||||||
| KITTEN (USA) | gr. 1956 | |||||||||
| GLOWING PRINCESS (USA) b. 1996 | GLOMAR (USA) b. 1987 | HALO (USA) blk/br. 1969 [BC] | HAIL TO REASON (USA) br. 1958 [C] | TURN-TO (IRE) | b. 1951 [BI] | |||||
| NOTHIRDCHANCE (USA) | b. 1948 | |||||||||
| COSMAH (USA)* b. 1953 | COSMIC BOMB (USA) | b. 1944 | ||||||||
| ALMAHMOUD (USA) | ch. 1947 * | |||||||||
| OUT COLD (USA) b. 1970 | ETONIAN (USA) b. 1954 | OWEN TUDOR (GB) | br. 1938 | |||||||
| WINDSOR WHISPER (IRE) | br. 1945 | |||||||||
| ARTICANA (USA) ch. 1960 | ARCTIC PRINCE (IRE) | br. 1948 | ||||||||
| NATO (GB) | ch. 1953 | |||||||||
| PRINCESS TALI (USA) ch. 1990 | TALINUM (USA) ch. 1984 | ALYDAR (USA) ch. 1975 [C] | RAISE A NATIVE (USA) | ch. 1961 [B] | ||||||
| SWEET TOOTH (USA) | b. 1965 * | |||||||||
| WATER LILY (FR) dkb/br. 1976 | RIVERMAN (USA) | br. 1969 [IC] | ||||||||
| FIRST BLOOM (GB) | b. 1969 | |||||||||
| BRILLIANT THOUGHT (USA) 1971 | T. V. LARK (USA) b. 1957 [I] | INDIAN HEMP (GB) | ch. 1949 | |||||||
| MISS LARKSFLY (USA) | br. 1948 | |||||||||
| PUDDING LANE (USA) b. 1961 | DECATHLON (USA) | b. 1953 | ||||||||
| MBALE (GB) | ch. 1945 | |||||||||
She is an outcross, obviously- with her closest inbreeding to Hail to Reason several generations back.
She's a little long in her pasterns, which is not causing her any problems with soundness, has great feet (she is barefoot) and probably would have been better off had she been built a little less straight in her front, being a little bit back at the knees. Again, this has not been any problem for her soundness wise.
Her papers are in order and whoever would like to take this girl home must absolutely provide references and keep in touch with me about her progress.
She is free to the right person. If you or anyone you know is seriously interested in taking her on as a project, please contact me via email.
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It's really amazing how some people can manage to screw up a horse in such a very short time. I hope you find a suitable home for this filly.
Thank you, so do I. Unfortunately, so far - nothing. However, I did just hear that TRF might be willing to take her in. I think that would be an excellent option for her. I'll update when I find out for sure.
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