The other day I was walking Supe to the indoor arena to school and it struck me. I said to John "Just think of how we got here to this moment! All the decisions, the flow that had to happen, for years!"
I have already written about DiMaggio in December 2015, my precious professor for 5 short years. He was a son of Donnerhall, foundation stallion of the D line of German warmbloods. There was such a strong presence of calm intelligence in DiMaggio that I wanted to find in another equine partner. Options in Canada were somewhat limited, but the stallion Sir Gregory, a great grandson of Donnerhall stood at a station in British Columbia. I looked around online at offspring for a little while but nothing came up. Sarah (Ludi & Ehren's breeder) had Ehren's half sister Georgia available to breed, she had dealt with Sir Gregory's owners many times, and a light-hearted joke about making a Sir Gregory foal just for me turned serious when my Dad was dying. It felt like a time to make something to look forward to. The mare was bred in June 2018 and in late May 2019 a perfect bay colt was born in Sarah's field.
I'd been thinking about 'S' names for a while, as is the tradition in Hanoverian breeding where offspring names have the same first letter as their sires. One time I heard a friend say "Now that's a dandy, a SUPER dandy!", and it hooked in my mind as a front runner because it always made me smile. We had a 'Stew' in the barn at the time, so why not a Supe?!
Supe was shy when I first met him at a few weeks old, and wouldn't come close to me right away. I didn't mind, there would be time enough to fix that. I brought flowers for Sarah and carrots and apples for Georgia and hoped everyone stayed safe until it was time to bring him home in November 2019. I cheered them all on at his breed inspection that August and was quite satisfied to see him stay close to Mom and be sensible while some other foals tore around in fright.
All he had to do was eat and grow and play in my yard until last summer when it was time to get going in training and under saddle. That calm intelligence I had hoped to find again was apparent. Steadily I ticked off all the goals I had for our first year under saddle.
I haven't written anything down yet for us to accomplish this year. Super Dandy is tall, and his bones and muscles are still growing. He needs to get fit and strong. Even his teeth are changing drastically. Did you know that a horse his age carries SEVEN POUNDS of un-erupted teeth in its head? I will take things slowly as I teach him the language of dressage.
I have nothing but patience and gratitude when it comes to our time together, as DiMaggio taught me to be.
I have already written about DiMaggio in December 2015, my precious professor for 5 short years. He was a son of Donnerhall, foundation stallion of the D line of German warmbloods. There was such a strong presence of calm intelligence in DiMaggio that I wanted to find in another equine partner. Options in Canada were somewhat limited, but the stallion Sir Gregory, a great grandson of Donnerhall stood at a station in British Columbia. I looked around online at offspring for a little while but nothing came up. Sarah (Ludi & Ehren's breeder) had Ehren's half sister Georgia available to breed, she had dealt with Sir Gregory's owners many times, and a light-hearted joke about making a Sir Gregory foal just for me turned serious when my Dad was dying. It felt like a time to make something to look forward to. The mare was bred in June 2018 and in late May 2019 a perfect bay colt was born in Sarah's field.
I'd been thinking about 'S' names for a while, as is the tradition in Hanoverian breeding where offspring names have the same first letter as their sires. One time I heard a friend say "Now that's a dandy, a SUPER dandy!", and it hooked in my mind as a front runner because it always made me smile. We had a 'Stew' in the barn at the time, so why not a Supe?!
Supe was shy when I first met him at a few weeks old, and wouldn't come close to me right away. I didn't mind, there would be time enough to fix that. I brought flowers for Sarah and carrots and apples for Georgia and hoped everyone stayed safe until it was time to bring him home in November 2019. I cheered them all on at his breed inspection that August and was quite satisfied to see him stay close to Mom and be sensible while some other foals tore around in fright.
All he had to do was eat and grow and play in my yard until last summer when it was time to get going in training and under saddle. That calm intelligence I had hoped to find again was apparent. Steadily I ticked off all the goals I had for our first year under saddle.
I haven't written anything down yet for us to accomplish this year. Super Dandy is tall, and his bones and muscles are still growing. He needs to get fit and strong. Even his teeth are changing drastically. Did you know that a horse his age carries SEVEN POUNDS of un-erupted teeth in its head? I will take things slowly as I teach him the language of dressage.
I have nothing but patience and gratitude when it comes to our time together, as DiMaggio taught me to be.
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