You can’t beat a good mare. Get one on your side and she’ll do anything for you. Mix in some thoroughbred heart and athleticism and the sky is the limit.
Exhibit A: We all remember who beat out the boys to win Rolex last year, right? Michael Jung’s game-faced fischerRocana FST. King’s Temptress, ridden by Mary King, took the top spot in 2011, Lucinda Fredericks’ Headley Britannia won in 2009… and the list of four-star girl power goes on.
For this edition of Weekly OTTB Wishlist, we picked out three mares who look like they’re up for the job:
Photo via New Vocations.
A Light Storm (Storm Walk – Light Up Themoment, by Finest Hour) looks like she enjoys putting on a show!
Her trainers say this 15.3 1/2 hand, 2011 unraced mare is not lacking any self confidence and thinks quite highly of herself, although she still has some baby tendencies that quickly remind you she is younger than she pretends. That translates into quiet days and opinionated days, but both on the ground and under saddle she is becoming quite consistent with good schooling. She is a mare, after all, and but is a quick study for someone who has guidelines so she knows what to expect and what is expected of her. She will soak up as much attention as she can get because she loves people, but also would love to spend the day outside with her girlfriends, playing in the pasture and investigating things around her.
Located in Marysville, Ohio.
Click here to see A Light Storm on New Vocations.
Photo via CANTER Illinois.
How about this leggy beauty? Just Sky (Sky Diving – Mia Merida, by Country Pine) is a gorgeous 15.3-hand, 5-year-old chestnut mare.
CANTER reports that she was very calm to handle and loved the attention of her photo shoot. On the runway she’s got a nice big, loose walk and a cute trot. After three starts on the track she is ready to transition to her new career — as an event horse or a supermodel, your choice!
Located in Illinois.
Click here to view Just Sky on CANTER Illinois.
Photo via CANTER Mid-Atlantic.
If you’re in the market for an OTTB who already has some off-track training, check out Magic Footnotes.
This 2010, 15.3-16 hand mare (Read the Footnotes – Karrie the Magic, by Distant View) is described as sound and fancy with no vices. She sounds like one cool, versatile girl: While she’s still in race training, her owner/rider likes her so much she rides her as a personal horse as well off-the-track. She has a great mind and jumps anything you point her at (coops, roll-tops, water, etc.), has been hacked out cross country, swims in ponds… you name it, this mare does it. On the track she moonlights as an informal pony, helping steady/pull up other horses as they train. She’s been involved in non-race riding for the past several months and would be perfect for anyone wanting a horse with a great mind and with re-training miles already put on.
Located in Pennsville, New Jersey.
