Good things come to those
who wait. Kate kept us waiting almost an extra month past
her due date (4-15) for this perfect filly who is homozygous
for cream and agouti. Not only did her Mama keep us waiting an
extra month for her, but she has been "in the works" for a
very, very long time. Her dam,
Pippi White
Stockings, aka "Kate" is the finest
palomino I've ever ridden. I've retained several of her
foals - The Tennessee Stud WF (G2),
Gambler's
Golden Promise WF (Ruth),
Gambler's Image WF
(Image) to build our breeding program, which in itself is an
exercise in patience. Her sire's dam,
Darrah's Ivory
Rose, was my dream buckskin 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 at the age of
19. She quickly became one of our favorites due to her
exceptional size, bone and movement, but we lost her to
colic after foaling a single foal. This filly combines those
two lineages. Hence the name "Kate's Ivory Rose WF." Usually
we name the foals using the sire's line and while Handsome
is a wonderful sire, with a dam line like this filly has, I
couldn't resist.
Her genetic makeup - two cream genes and two
agouti genes, means that when bred to a normal colored stud
(bay, black or chestnut) she will ALWAYS throw a gold
(palomino or buckskin) foal. She will
help us further our goal of producing golden walking horses
that truly represent the foundation of the walking horse
breed. It is nearly impossible to find double agouti double
cream mares with her size, excellent mind and the gait.
Her dam, Kate, is a mixture of solid
early modern lines through her sire, the massive
Gen's Armed & Golden T.F. He is a palomino
directly by the great
Gen's Armed and Dangerous (by
Pride's
Generator and out of an
Ebony
Masterpiece daughter.) Armed and Golden gets
his color from his dam, who goes back to the unusually but
sought after Rock and Roll Mason, son of Wilson Strollin
Gold. Kate's dam, Porcelain Rose, was a cremello mare who
stood 14.3h, but should have been much larger. She was
stunted by a difficult life according to Jim Holmes. Her two
color lines come through
Chance's
Goldust H., the massive palomino stallion by
John A's
Chance.
John A's
Chance is considered by some to be the greatest
palomino breeding stallion in history. His offspring were
consistent competitors at the National Celebration.
John A's
Chance sired horses with plenty of natural
action. He was by Last Chance (by
Hunter's Allen and out of the great mare,
Merry Legs)
and out of Goldust Maid (by
Hall Allen
and out of Hendrixon Bonnie, a buckskin mare by
Roan Allen.)
Porcelain
Rose was out of White Champaign, a cremello
mare by Bud
England.
Patience's sire is Her 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."
Good things come to those
who wait. Kate kept us waiting almost an extra month past
her due date (4-15) for this perfect filly who is homozygous
for cream and agouti. Not only did her Mama keep us waiting an
extra month for her, but she has been "in the works" for a
very, very long time. Her dam,
Her dam, Kate, is a mixture of solid
early modern lines through her sire, the massive
While in Micki's program, Traveler
left a legacy of naturally gaited, golden walking horses with
stellar dispositions.