4-7-09 - Just moments
after being unloaded from the transport
trailer. Manzanilla arrived safe
and sound from Spain a little thinner
than when she left but in a few weeks
she will gain the weight back.
5 months old
Manzanilla LXXXV -DOB
Jan 22, 08 -
Beautiful RARE
Buckskin PRE
filly imported from Spain.
Selected for her beauty and beautiful
color. So many of the buckskins
you have short fat necks and
unattractive heads or don't have good
movement. Manzanilla is
exceptionally beautiful. She has a
wonderful face and neck and very
expressive eyes. We will be
importing her to Texas at the beginning
of 2009. We can't wait for her to
get here. Manzanilla was born on
my 8th wedding anniversary.
Update 5-4-10
We have fed Manzanilla a protein
supplement this spring and it has really
darkened her coat. Surprisingly -
her dapples disappeared! I am sure
they will be back in the fall. We
decided to increase the protein to help
the horses shed their winter coats.
Update
7-9-09 Manzanilla's color test
showed her to be buckskin without grey
and without chestnut.
EEAaCCrgg She's grown quite a bit
since we got her and has put on some
weight. She quickly made
best friends with our other yearling
filly Fascinada. We thought her
dapples might shed out with her winter
coat but they are still there.
Beautiful as ever and such a nice honey
buckskin color. She just glows in
the sun. Even at the normally
awkward yearling stage she still looks
great!
Update
4-11-09 - She's here!! Yeaaaa!!!
The long wait is over but well worth it.
Manzanilla is a very sweet and she fits
right into the herd. She's made
friends with Fascinada who is our
yearling filly by Celtica. They're
both the same age and are two of a kind
- even the same size. Manzanilla was a
bit thin from her 13 day trip from her
farm in Spain to the USA but we should
be able to get weight on her in a few
weeks. A couple of months at the
most. It was quite a long 1st trip
for her. It will probably
take her a week or two to decide that
this must be her new home after all of
the different places she's been in the
last 2 weeks (Spain to Holland to NY to
OK to TX). She's probably not
quite sure this is where she belongs.
We are keeping her in the barn and
letting her out in the afternoons with
Fascinada to graze and stretch her legs
a bit. It's interesting that her
winter coat is so light. She is
almost finished shedding except for a
few patches on her sides. It's
hard to see in the photos but she has
quite a golden color and her legs are a
dark reddish color with some black, plus
the dorsal stripe. When her hair
gets a little longer we will pull some
to get her DNA color tested. I
think she will be dun or buckskin/dun.
Not a grey hair on her.
PEDIGREE - Manzanilla's dam is 75%
Guardiola and is a grand-daughter of the
famous Centella V. Her sire is a
son of the famous buckskin stallion
Carmello II.
Manzanilla's sire - a son of Carmello II
Manzanilla's dam - a grand-daughter of
the famous Centella V.
(a bit toasted from the
sun)
Maramo
(2 crosses)
Bilbaino
II (2 crosses)
Centella
V
Marciano
II