New project pony!

The past few days I have been playing with a new pony down at the neighbor's farm. Now, I used to say the yearling filly was one of the ugliest equines I'd seen, but this one takes the cake. She's about as pleasant to look at as sandpaper, at point blank range.



Luckily her color is her only fault. Her personality, willingness to learn new things, and calm, confident demeanor really win my heart over. Plus, she's old enough to be ridden regularly (not the filly's case), looks to be about six or seven. She is wide, soft, and has a very smooth looking gait. I can't wait to ride her. Her only real fault is that she overreaches with her back feet. Meaning; when she walks, the toe of her back hoof hits the heel of her front hoof on the same side. Now, her hooves are also pretty long, and she doesn't do it always. After doing extensive research, and talking with a great friend of mine who's father is an equine vet, it can easily be helped (if it comes to that).

I've noticed a strange thing about her hair. She has three whorls of hair on her forehead. Now this doesn't seem very important to most people, but the hair whorls on a horse's body can be said to predict temperament. There's a whole pseudoscience based upon it, kind of like horoscopes. I don't particularly believe it, but it's interesting nonetheless. The most concrete information I can find about three whorls says "...two or more whorls generally indicated a more complicated nature, sometimes referred to as a 'teacher horse.'" She also has dimple-like whorls on either side of her mouth, which I can't find much about, but they make her look like she's happy. :)



And that makes me happy.