September - Mare of the Month - MCA Crimson Lace!

From the moment she stepped off the trailer, I have loved Crimson. She is simple and complicated, beautiful and cute, intelligent and opinionated, athletic and quiet. Some days she is the perfect western horse and other days she is trotting level.

An Aristocrat mare with seven champion babies and one unshown, Crimson spent most of her life as a broodmare. This is great because she is a great producer but also sad because she is an equally great riding mare.

Crimson has shown in Hunter Pleasure and won, can easily jump 3' oxers, is incredible on the trails - fast but easily walks on a loose rein, and dominated the Hidden Hills gymkhanas for a year, beating all the champion barrel horses in town. She is so special.

Crimson has never been lame, never been unhappy to go for a ride and is great with all other horses. Her mane and tail are thick and wavy and in the winter she looks like a Welsh Pony. When she had a shoulder injury, she let us clean her 12" gash without protest. She is a truly a great mare and our treasure.

Crimson's sire, DWD Tabasco
By DWD Tabasco and out of MCA Foxie Bey, she comes from a line of great horses. She also lived at Varian Arabians, where she was started by someone great as she had not been ridden for 12 years when we got her and we just saddled her and hopped on without protest.

Crimson's Champion Baby, M.M. Kaschtin+++/

Another Champion baby, MM Samaadhi
When it is time to go to Ahamnson, everyone fights over Crimson and no one can forget the match race Hannah won with her and all the other girls - it was so exciting. She has so much heart and we are lucky to be blessed with her in our pastures.