Corel LaCE and Sombre LaCE ??? [Archive] - American Paso Finos.com Forums

Barb P

10-03-2005, 07:02 AM

Yes, Coral LaCE and Cantante de Omega changed my mind about being 100% pure Puerto Rican horses only. We had Cantante because he was so exceptional as well as his Puerto Rican dam. He was so gaited at anytime and place. He was big and gentle with heart that would die before he would quit. He did have some of the best of the Colombiano Paso lines in Colombia, tho. Gaucho, the great grand sire, the Desvelo, the grand sire, and Singer that was reserve Grand to Coral LaCE in performance as his sire. I have his last three offspring. (Mares were bred when he was 27 years old.)
Then Coral LaCE offspring would draw my eye at every show with owners and children on them. They were to me something I would want for any horse. They were owner loved, gaited, head sets born, a style of carriage. Yes, I did buy him, breed him to my pure Puerto Rican mares. I never lost their quality, but added to carriage and athleticism.
Sombre LaCE was pure Puerto Rican. I owned a full brother to him and a full sister. They were typical of the pure Puerto Rican breed. They were gentle, people loving, gaited at all times, golden palominos, and I am line breeding on these lines now. Sombre LaCE daughters have proved many stallions and have become top ten dams. Barb Preiss

Ginger

10-03-2005, 07:27 AM

Who was Sortibra (or Sortibras? Or is that even spelled right?) LaCE?

motorgypsy

10-03-2005, 10:59 AM

Another case where one (wo)man's trash is another's treasure. A horse that is not "fino enough" proves to have the characteristics that the general public want in the paso fino - gait, intelligence, tractability, gentleness, true brio, beauty and good conformation. Thank goodness he wasn't gelded!!!

Kerry W

10-03-2005, 11:06 AM

Okay Miss Barb...since we're picking your brain...what qualities did you see in Plebeyo, that inspired you to step outside of your normal realm (PPR) to breed to him? :D

I think it is the LaCE name that confuses people about Coral being PPR. I'm not sure why, as they had as many or MORE Colombian horses. Okay Faeton was PR, and a foundation sire, but a lot of the LaCE horses were Colombian. Most times when there is confusion, that is what I hear, that they thought that the LaCE horses were PR...and that they bred them, which isn't necessarily the case either. :-?

Barb P

10-03-2005, 03:28 PM

Kerry,
I am glad you asked that question. You will see I bought Cantante in 1977 or 1978. Then I had to get out of the lines to get back in to my lines and bought Coral LaCE in 1981.
I always look for a paso that has excellent head carriage, natural gait under a child or owner with good conformation, beautiful heads, and a good disposition as well as good feet. Plebeyo was awesome when I saw him win the Res. Grand National Championship in 1983. Even tho I stay completely away from gray horses , I saw he fit my criteria even tho he had the grey factor. I watched his offspring and the offspring of them such as Idolo, Luneraje, Plebeyo Dos , Magico , Succesor, and decided to go for it with 6 of my mares. I still have two awesome stallions by Plebeyo. Chucuano is sensitive on the ground but will ride his rider through fire if asked. Plebeyo is like a pet, crosses beautifully on the Coral LaCE daughters. His daughter by a Marichal daughter won the Grand National championship. Plebeyo de Otra's dam was a daughter of the twice grand in fino , Frio Viento (full Puerto Rican) and she defeated the multi grand in fino in the Fl State Championship with the same three judges as nationals. Her dam claimed some Gaucho /Desvelo /Singer lines from Colombia as well.
Both are awesome in gait, beauty, conformation, but do take 4 inches from my size, sometimes produce grey, and at times, Chucuano priduces a little too much brio for my taste.
Trudy Weichers has four of Plebeyo de Otra's daughters out of Coral daughters and she has one of Chucuano's out of a Coral LaCE daughter.
I know she likes them very well. I still have 41 pasos and will keep my 4 Coral Sons, my 2 PR stallions and my two Plebeyo stallions. I have two outstanding Cantante stallions that I will keep. Plans are to go down in my breeding with my age. I will keep a few mares. One is line bred on Maria Luisa and is cremello and perfection. Her name is Maria Luisa de Vez. (I don't think I am bragging here). Maria Luisa her great granddam on sire and dam was to me one of the best paso finos I ever rode. Barb Preiss

Kerry W

10-03-2005, 03:50 PM

Thanks Barb! Hope you don't mind me asking these questions. I would email, but like it or not, your herd is "historical". :lol: I thought others might wish to know, as well. I had often wondered what type of horse would make you consider crossing the PR with Colombian lines, as I knew you had a LOT of Puerto Rican horses.

One more question...Lula FN. Did you own or lease her, and what can you tell me about her. I see her in quite a few pedigrees, and have often wondered what she had to offer her progeny. I guess that is more than one question. :oops:

I forgot to mention my admiration for Cantante...really like that guy! I think Singer was from some of the best lines available at the time, in Colombia...and the PR lines speak for themselves. :D

Carol Nelson

10-03-2005, 04:37 PM

Here's the photo of my Singer daughter, Danzarina mi Lu, at a Perry GA show in the late 1980's. She is 20 years old now. She is just as you described Cantante, Barb. Big, and impeccably gaited, and would give you her heart if you asked for it.
It just sickens me that she cannot sustain a pregnancy. I still have a dream of doing an embryo transfer...depends on how my finances hold out.

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/36931danzarinarider.jpg

PasoSis

10-03-2005, 05:24 PM

Interesting post. I feel as though I've learned quite a bit. I don't know much about the PF bloodlines :oops: , I kinda got into this just by being related to Pasogirlz and Pasomom. Very interesting, thanks for the info!!

ErinC

10-03-2005, 06:05 PM

ditto , I love to learn!
I can never fill up enough on it!

Kerry W

10-03-2005, 06:55 PM

Carol...she's nice, and if it were me, I'd sell something to get a foal out of her. A direct Singer daughter...yeah! :D

pasofantasy

10-03-2005, 07:34 PM

I had one of Coral's full Colombian offspring, Relampaguito de Coral, an extremely well-gaited stallion. Ray had a full sister and brother. My late 15.2H horse was included in Issac Wyler's largo video. Farm visitors loved him and his offspring! I wouldn't part with them!

Our region has gone caroling. One year, before Ray had greyed, we stopped at Dee's farm. There was a picture of a young Plebeyo in the office. It was amazing how much Ray and Plebeyo looked alike!

People had the idea, that he had Puerto Rican lines due to the LaCE background. I've had to explain about that LaCE suffix. Once someone had to back me up once on those facts. One person was so positive all LaCe paso finos were PR.

I must thank Miss Barb for sending a regular version of the following, which I used as an avatar, to The Western Horseman. She sent a picture, that I had given her. It thrilled me to have it included with an article on paso finos.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/pasofantasy/CyndyRayAvatar.jpg

Barb P

10-03-2005, 08:08 PM

Paso Fantasy, ' what I loved about your Coral LaCE stallion was his absolute gentleness, natural gait and the fact that his full sister and brother were the so gentle and safe with Florence Shulten's "Special Children" as well. The special children were mentally handicapped but not lacking in care or love at Florence's place. She was in her 80's before retiring the pasos and the care of the special ones. I don't know whether you remember but your husband got on Ray's full brother Esplendor de Coral at a clinic and ponied your stallion from his back. Both were so gentle. It always pleased me to see the Relumpaqito's like offspring at the little clinics as well. You and your husband sure helped in a special way for Florence.
I don't know whether you knew or not but we kept Misty bred because it seemed to put her Melanomas in remission. However, the vet said Misty did not carry on Relumpaquito and was going to euthanize her. Your stallion was born the evening before putting her to sleep. He had to be special.
I was asked several months ago about Coral crosses with full Colombian mares. There were around 15 , I blieve with a quick run of my memory.
Barb Preiss

Cindy

10-03-2005, 08:18 PM

Ooh, ooh, I can name two of those. Rizado Por Cima and El Carlo del Campo. Both from Mahoma mares.

Barb P

10-03-2005, 08:38 PM

Lula FN was a little black PR mare of Betty Klein's. She was a daughter of Sonador. The fact that she was a FN horse would mean she was pretty good to me. She produced Coralito when bred to Coral LaCE. He was a Lifetime Champion. He continued to win many points. He was absolutlely stunning in beauty. I never bought Lula FN as she had three very beautiful and oustanding offspring that became champions as well when bred to Coral LaCE. This is my breeder's preference but even tho each was exceptional, the three did not look alike or resemble each other. The Puerto Rican mares that I chose from Betty's herd was the Kofresi daughter, Raxa, (full sister to Sandy's beloved Antares) , La Luz del Sol BR and Nevada Princesa Mako.
Raxa bred to Coral produced Trudy Weicher's Kristina, Raxa de Vez, and Arriba. If she would be so kind as to put the three's pics on this site , you would see the likeness. Nevada's offsrping are so numerous but the ones shown before their kind was put out of the showring were Coral's Monarca de Vez and Willow Wind Mako. La Luz was top ten dam 6 times by her like offspring. Willow Wind Mako was trained by a twelve y/o and won so many titles too numerous to mention . Three of the championships were in versatility three years in a row. To me this is one of the most difficult claases to show along with trail and the little girl and Willow won Res. in trail. Barb Preiss

Barb P

10-03-2005, 09:19 PM

Carlo del Campo was an oustanding horse and won a Res or third in the Grand. He was shown beautifully by Mike Rocker. Dee Torcise was going to buy him and Mike Rocker loved him so much he would not sell him. Alot of people liked him as one of the finest Coral LaCE stallions. Rizado por Cima was shown nicely by Bill Davis. I believe his nickname was "Bean" and called that lovingly by the Davis's.

Pasogirlz

10-03-2005, 09:27 PM

I'm just glad to see BarbP posting all this wonderful info for everyone. Thanks so much Barb!

Cindy

10-04-2005, 12:47 AM

Carlos was, in my opinon, the best Coral son. He was an extraordinary horse. As good as any of that time. Rizado was called "bean" though I don't remember why. He was broke and trained by.....me.

Barb P

10-04-2005, 01:25 AM

Cindy, I have almost everyone that has a Coral son tell me that they think theirs is the best. I love to hear that they think they may even be better than mine. Smile.
I remember Hacho Ami, Pacho Ami, Monsignor Mako, Esplendor de Coral, Relumpaquito de Coral, and the two you mentioned as Rizado and Carlo del Campo.
I just looked up and saw that Lula FN's three offsrping by Coral were Golden Princess Mako, Coralito and Sorprendido. I saw Golden Princess Mako delivered to the Small family in Indiana show when my daughter judged the show. She rode all the children in their classes and the parents in some as well. She was golden palomino. Coralito was almost a black bay and Sorpendido was a plain bay that was as steady as a rock in his gait and classes.
For anyone that does not know what FN stands for , it was Frank Noyas. He always claimed he was not a horseman but rode Coral LaCE all over the neighborhood. He also was smart enough to buy him and recognize the Champion that he was and he became the 1972 Grand National Champion. It might be noted that a saddle bred man rode Coral and CECE Figueroa was on Singer to win Reserve. I don't know whether Coral LaCE ever got transferred out of George LaHood's name but Mr. Noyas indicated to me he bought Coral LaCE at CECE's place. Barb Preiss

Cindy

10-04-2005, 01:30 AM

That may be, Barb, but Carlo was not mine nor did I have any connection to him other than one of admiration. Mike Rocker owned and did all the training on him. Sorprendido was a very good horse as well but not as good as Carlo. Willow Wind was also a very cool horse. Still, not Carlo.

sporthorse

10-04-2005, 02:03 AM

:D don't know what criteria is all involved but I do know we have offspring by our two favorite Coral sons and beauty and responsiveness are equalled only by disposition uncompared to any horse of any breed. range of gait and versitilty were also passed on as the stamp of excellance.Of course we have Cantante as maternal grandsire on my favorite horse ;-) and Coral as paternal grandsire! 8-)

SandyMM

10-04-2005, 02:34 AM

Having a direct Coral son is a joy we never expected to experience, but Eminente aka 'Emi' has proven to be everything we expected and more! Now his young son is growing by leaps, bounds, and largo strides here! He says he _will_ be a force to be reckoned with! ;-)
Now if I can just get his video posted.... we can make his granddaddy proud!

Barb P

10-04-2005, 07:34 AM

Cindy, I should have just said their owners loved them the best. They only have to be the best in their owners eyes. That is really what counts to me. Coral came up with tenth place in the stallions survey according to the PFHA stud book study done by Mario Gomez Caballero with the most Stallion sons with over fifteen offspring. Their were only 25 stallions in the USA that qualified. Evidently, their owners weren't the only ones in love with their sons of Coral. Carlo himself was a true son of Coral. Do you know how Esposa Que Tal produced with any other stallions? In your opinion, how did she produce? How did Carlo produce? Barb Preiss

Kerry W

10-04-2005, 10:46 AM

Thank you Barb, for taking the time to give us this insider information. I realize that time is not something you have a great deal of, with all you have to do. I know that I am not alone in seeing the value of your experience and your wisdom. :D

Trudy

10-13-2005, 06:20 AM

If anyone would be kind enough to tell me what place I can go to, I will post the pictures of the three mares that Barb is talking about. Raxa, Kristina, and Arriba. I have a picture of the three of them. Trudy

Terry Wallace

10-13-2005, 01:05 PM

Trudy...I'd sure like to see that photo... you can post through www.photobucket.com or send it to me and I'll post it....

Trudy

10-14-2005, 03:44 AM

http://photobucket.com/albums/b47/sundancerpasofinos/th_Fullsisters_5129.jpg
If I do this correctly, this is Corals Kristina de Vez, Corals Arriba de Vez, and Corals Raxa de Vez

Trudy

10-14-2005, 03:45 AM

Ok, the picture came up but it is so small. What am I doing wrong????

Kerry W

10-14-2005, 04:02 AM

Click on the thumbnail and open the BIG PICTURE!! Then right click, get properties, and past them in between the img tags. Great shot! Thanks Trudy! :D

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/sundancerpasofinos/Fullsisters_5129.jpg

Trudy

10-14-2005, 04:06 AM

thank you!!! I am going to have to try one and see if I get it!! Trudy

Trudy

10-14-2005, 04:17 AM

What size is preferred to post? I tried to make this picture smaller.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/sundancerpasofinos/CoralGirls_5791.jpg
This is Corals Silueta de Vez, Coral's Pasion de Vez, Coral's Valentina de Vez, La Angelica, and Corals Kristina de Vez

Brigitte

10-14-2005, 04:41 AM

Very informative thread, I too thought Coral LaCE was PPR
Trudy, great pictures !

ErinC

10-14-2005, 10:17 AM

wow that was a great way to start my morning!
AWESOME!
LOVE THEM !
love them ALL!
this is the second horse in , from the left,I found on the reg.
How nice!
http://pasoregistry.com/db/pics/82674.jpg
Coral's Pasion de Vez

Terry Wallace

10-14-2005, 01:11 PM

Thanks so much for posting the pics! Does La Angelica also have "de Vez" on her name? I could not find the mares on pasoregistry....

ErinC

10-14-2005, 02:11 PM

Terry copy and past the names she wrote under the pic.
I got them all to come up!
I just copied and pasted it in....

Trudy

10-15-2005, 03:14 AM

Five more Coral LaCE daughters. They are kind of like kids getting everyone to take pics with ears up at the same time. they even close their eyes when you snap the picture!! http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/sundancerpasofinos/5CoralGirls_5990.jpg
Pictured are left to right
Corals Desiree de Vez, Coral's Raxa de Vez, Coral's Fantasia de Vez,
Coral's Arriba de Vez, Marisa de Mariah
Enchanted Tomas is a Coral son
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/sundancerpasofinos/ENC10.jpg

Trudy

10-15-2005, 03:25 AM

Here is all ten of the Coral daughters together
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/sundancerpasofinos/Coralsisters_5086.jpg

SandyMM

10-15-2005, 11:07 AM

Who else would come up with such a great photo op? ;-) (WHo else has that many Coral daughters???) Those are incredible pix!

Trudy - what are the ages of these mares?

ErinC

10-15-2005, 11:22 AM

wow, awesome, thanks for sharing!

Trudy

10-16-2005, 06:08 AM

Thank you Sandy and everyone else who commented. We are proud of
"The Girls"! Now to go to ages.
Arriba-17, Angel-15, Desiree-15, Fantasia-19, Kristina-16, Marisa-18,
Pasion-17, Raxa-20, Silueta-16, Valentina-17. To ride any of them, you wouldn't think they were a day over 10. Very spirited and great to ride. We love them with their individual personalities. We are keeping fillies from each of them to be sure to carry on this line. It is just so hard to let any of them go!! We just sold a son from Raxa. He is such a great guy and has only had a saddle on him five times. He will be going to Phoenix but sounds like a tremendous home he is going to so that makes me happy. I had thoughts of if he didn't sell to this guy I would just keep him but I can't keep all 60+ so if good homes are found it makes me happy for them. http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/sundancerpasofinos/Ciscobb_5837.jpg

lisa l aka marci

10-18-2005, 03:09 PM

My Coral La CE granddaughter Lucia (buckskin) and great-grand Marci.....

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/498112P1010036.jpg

gcfpaso

11-11-2005, 10:16 PM

http://www.grovecreekfarm.com/img/horses/mare/nueva.jpg

ErinC

11-11-2005, 10:30 PM

thats horse is IN leanns stallion

gcfpaso

11-11-2005, 10:35 PM

http://www.grovecreekfarm.com/img/horses/mare/serenidad893.jpg

ErinC

11-11-2005, 10:36 PM

yummie!
NICE

ErinC

11-11-2005, 10:38 PM

not sure who is posting Michele or Leonard,
but I thought I would let you know April sold Coleta de MiLe , she is still here in MASS, near me, and doing AWESOME!

gcfpaso

11-11-2005, 10:43 PM

http://www.grovecreekfarm.com/archive/img2/gc_luckymbsf4x3_440x403.jpg

gcfpaso

11-11-2005, 10:50 PM

http://www.grovecreekfarm.com/archive/img2/gc_risashowtina3x2_440x403.jpg

gcfpaso

11-11-2005, 10:58 PM

http://www.pasoregistry.com/db/pics/gctempetracyshow.jpg

Linda Y

11-11-2005, 11:13 PM

I have a Coral Gdaughter, Talia Dulce, that I gave away. Wish I had known about this forum and all the people that love Coral before I did. I still own her but she has been 'out on loan' for years now. She is a dead ringer for Nueva Epoca.

SandyMM

11-11-2005, 11:16 PM

P.S. My geldings' ancestor (just looked it up) is Sombre LaCE, not Corel LaCE..
Very common error to confuse the bloodlines of the LaCE horses... LaCE was a farm name - it did not indicate specific bloodlines. Coral LaCE was pure Colombian, but many of the LaCE Pasos were PPR.

Coral crossed on PPR mares was an incredible nick and produced excellent breeding stock because of the consistency of his offspring. Sometimes overlooked are the Coral daughters, although Trudy has an incredible collection she will show you in a heartbeat! :lol: More than one stallion has benefited based on offspring out of Coral daughters! Both daughters and sons of Coral carry a unique, but identifiable blend of his unique characteristics while carrying on the PR blooodlines of the original PPR dams.

No wonder Coral LaCE is so often connected with the PR bloodlines....it was a special 'nick' that was consistent and reliable in gait, disposition, and ability.

gcfpaso

11-11-2005, 11:53 PM

http://www.pasoregistry.com/db/pics/gcplusvalia.jpg

gcfpaso

11-11-2005, 11:57 PM

http://www.pasoregistry.com/db/pics/gccancan99show.jpg

gcfpaso

11-12-2005, 12:02 AM

http://www.pasoregistry.com/db/pics/gcpasion2sf.jpg

appyday

11-12-2005, 12:14 AM

Wow...great information and pics..thanks

gcfpaso

11-12-2005, 12:20 AM

http://www.grovecreekfarm.com/offsite/empresa703charliertsaddle.jpg

gcfpaso

11-12-2005, 12:32 AM

http://www.pasoregistry.com/db/pics/gcmaria99.jpg

CarolU

11-12-2005, 12:52 AM

Well, as long as we're looking at all Coral offspring, this is my Coral Great grandson, Sosegado Illuminoso (aka "Buddy"). I think this picture depicts his Hilaches lines better then Coral. He is pestering Santiago to get up and play with him!

http://pasobaby.tripod.com/PasoFinos/BuddyBad.jpg

I'm praying his Coral sensibilities kick in when it's time to ride. He has an awesome stride and energy level..this boy is all Endurance Horse.

And you're right, if you guessed that STAR comes from another Grand-dad, Favorito.

SandyMM

11-12-2005, 03:08 AM

Ahhhhh... :D Empresa is Emi's full sister! :D

Trudy

11-13-2005, 02:33 AM

GREAT pictures Michelle. I was just thinking "how did I miss all these??" until I looked at date posted. My internet has been down the last couple days!! My gosh, what you miss when that happens!!
We just had another arrival of a Coral LaCE daughter late this afternoon. Her name is Coralita de Vez and she came from Colorado. Her previous owners want her to be used for breeding and they are Paul and Laura Kleinschmidt who were two of the nicest people I have met. Coralita is a full sister to another mare we have, La Angelica.

Trudy

11-13-2005, 02:56 AM

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/sundancerpasofinos/Siluette_4832.jpg
Corals Silueta de Vez
(Coral LaCE x Afortunada T)

SandyMM

11-13-2005, 02:59 AM

Ya know...I'm thinkin' it's time to start thinking 'embryo transfers' with these Coral daughters! :D

Trudy

11-13-2005, 02:59 AM

Coral's Pasion de Vez (Coral LaCE x La Luz del Sol B/R)
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/sundancerpasofinos/Pasion_4817.jpg

Mellifluous

11-13-2005, 12:20 PM

Wow, all of the pictures are amazing. This makes me really really want a Coral bred paso! Hmmmm, maybe in two more years...

Everyone's horses are beautiful! Trudy, I love the way you set all of the mares up for the picture! That would never work with mine!

PFRydr

11-15-2005, 05:40 PM

2 Coral's Alejandro de Vez offspring .................http://www.2hottotrot.com/data/500/medium/IM004693.jpg
http://www.2hottotrot.com/data/500/medium/IM004502.jpg
at 6 months

ErinC

11-15-2005, 05:44 PM

NICE, very cute!

Trudy

11-16-2005, 05:34 AM

Those are beautiful. I have always thought Al was absolutely beautiful..

sporthorse

11-28-2005, 01:14 AM

:shock: :D wow those babies of Al's have some long legs/We are thrilled with our Big Al baby Zen/and he is a keeper in such a respect we plan to keep him a stallion. His disposition size and looks are all there. So sweet and athletic too.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b110/vistalargo2000/8fc3afdc.jpg

motorgypsy

11-28-2005, 01:50 AM

WOW has he grown!! How old is he now??

Ginger

11-28-2005, 03:15 AM

You lot always conveniently forget RELAMPAGUITO DE CORAL.

Checking back, hidden in the pages, I found his name, so I'm satisfied now. I just wanted to postequusly plug for my preferred pferd.

sporthorse

11-29-2005, 05:56 PM

Zen is at 17 months for now & he is growing fast !
here is a link to his sire!
http://www.alrenameadows.com/

Trudy

11-30-2005, 05:50 AM

Your horse is beautiful and as I said before, I have always thought Al was one of the most beautiful Coral sons. They are all beautiful but his coloring is gorgeous. And he is a sweet horse too. Trudy

Boothkin

12-10-2005, 04:49 PM

I love the Coral daughters photos so much that I had to turn the one of the ten mares into my screen saver! They are such beautiful girls and, lucky me, I'm greeted by their faces every time I sit down at the 'puter.

SandyMM

12-10-2005, 05:13 PM

I love the Coral daughters photos so much

LOL - if I didn't have Emi as my desktop pic, I would certainly have to consider his sisters as one of the next logical choices!
http://arrowheadpasofinos.com/Resources/emipix-5-8-05/emi3-leftaway72-350.jpg

Nito

12-10-2005, 05:17 PM

I also thought Coral LaCe was PPR its nice that Barb came on to give us some information. No doubt about it but all the Coral decents i've seen are great horses sometime you think they are not paso's cause of how nice they can be.

thanks again Barb!

What results have you gotten through the linebreeding?

Trudy

12-10-2005, 05:43 PM

Andrea, thank you so much!!! What a nice compliment.. Now that we have four more here I am wondering if there is a possibility of getting them all together. But probably not a bright idea! Originally when we took the picture of the "Big Ten" I wanted to have Enchanted Tomas, our Coral stallion standing off to the side. Didn't take long to decide that that wasn't a good idea! :lol: We had babies throwing fits and moms mad about their babies wanting to be by them. They just don't understand that if they would hold still for those minutes I need it would be over! But it was fun. Now that it is snowing, AGAIN, it will be a few months before I even think about it.
And Sandy, that is a gorgeous picture!!! I love it!