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*Pennsylvania Dream
. Flaxen sorrel mare, f. 30. July 2008. . Sire: *Pirate's Little Buccaneer EB Dam: *Sweet Pea . For pedigree, go to: Penny's pedigree at allbreedpedigree.com, or Penny's pedigree at curlyhorses.info . In 2003 I was searching high and low in the whole North America for a suitable curly pony mare. Not an easy task because small curly ponies are very rare. Finally I found *Sweet Pea in Missouri. I arranged to send her a day's trip to breed to a suitable curly pony stallion, and back again when she had become pregnant. The same fall she arrived in Norway. The result of the breeding was *Dakota Dream, who we sold to Great Britain, and she is now in France. But, since there did not exist any small enough curly stallion in Europe, I was unable to have Sweet Pea bred again. It should take a few more years before we jumped into it and invested in the USA stallion Pirate's Little Buccaneer EB in 2007. . Where am I heading with this story you are thinking now? Well, five years waiting and a few hundred thousand kroner invested in curly ponies (import, raising/care, USA trips) have culminated in a wonderful result, namely *Pennsylvania Dream who was foaled in 2008. . Penny and her younger full sister, Carolina Dream, were att the time the smallest curly pony foals born in Europe and probably the smallest curly-to-curly bred ponies in the world, together with their dam Sweet Pea. . Penny is very gentle and has grown up with my son who was just a baby when Penny was born, I was never afraid for him to be around her. Penny is trained to drive and is used for giving kids pony rides as well. Penny is a fun pony wanting to be in the middle of whatever happens. . Penny is flaxen sorrel of color. She also carries a gene for agouti (bay)(50% chance on passing the gene to foals) and she carries a gene for silver (50% chance of passing the silver gene to offspring). This means that ifwhen she is bred to a black stallion, the foal may be silver black (like Sweet Pea), silver bay, black, bay or red. . Penny is homozygous for curls! Which means that every foal she has will be curly coated. . Penny has been shown at official inspections for young horses both as a yearling and as a two year old and obtained the grade "Ribbon" both times. Aa an adult she has been shown at Official Mare Inspection and obtained a 2nd Premium Grade, including approved driving test. . More info and lots of newer pictures of Penny here: Penny's facebook album |
