She’s HERE!
Pictured at roughly 8 hours old
Meet Faroh’s second daughter. She arrived sometime around 4 this morning. Pat checked the mare at 2 a.m. and there was no indication that Banjo had anything but sleep on her mind. But this morning at six the filly was already up, dry, nursing on her own, and had her legs figured out.
She’s grulla (we hoped), she’s female (either was ok with us), and she’s obviously solid. But she’s the kind of quality that makes that not matter quite so much. She’s feminine like her mom and looks like she’s going to be more thoroughbred-y built like her sire. But she’s a genuine solid. Her eyes are like liquid pools of dark coffee all the way to the edges, and they’re full of the most open curiosity, genuine friendliness, and cheerful disposition.
We’ve gotten a lot of great suggestions for names, and one of these days we’re going to just figure out that babies name themselves, because this one is obvoiusly “Mocha Java Cheer.” We’re calling her Java as a barn name.
Amazingly, her birthday is the same as her dad’s. Faroh was a March 30 foal as well. Quite a impressive first year - one Easter baby and one on his birthday. Just an odd pair of coincidences or a sign of something bigger? We’re looking forward to finding out!
Stay tuned to see how this one grows up. She should be something special. Her mom certainly thinks so. She’s not letting anyone within 20 yards of her Sunday surprise.
