Mick

It isn’t typical that the most friendly horse in the barn is the stallion. Stallions can be emotional and unpredictable and hard to handle. Or they can be like Mick, calm and predictable. He does show some fire when a mare is in heat and he wants to do what a stallion wants to do – breed the mare. But, even during a breeding, he is easy to handle. Mick is the only stallion that we have ever owned and he sets the gold standard. The foals that he throws are lovely. They have his athletic ability and his calm demeanor.

Mick has sired five foals here on the farm. Three went off to new homes, two – Jack and KC- live here. Jack and KC are both bays, like their sire, Mick, and their dam, Jasmine. That gives us three bay ponies. Sometimes if I am distracted, I will halter up Jack, lead him to the barn, and put him in Mick’s stall. Then I walk in again, leading Mick and I have a moment of confusion. After that, there is stall shuffling until each pony is in the right place.

Mick likes a lot of attention. We plan to train him as a driving pony this coming spring. I think he will enjoy learning how to pull a cart and I know he will turn heads with his shining red bay coat and fine movement.