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Arrow of
HonorBright joined us in 2005. I actually was not
even looking to buy another horse, but after talking to her owner, I pretty much decided that I needed to have her. It
took surprisingly little to convince my husband and we bought Arrow sight
unseen. We liked her pedigree and once she got
here, we were surprised how tall she was. She is getting close to 17 hands. We bred her to Heinse and she had her first
foal - Valentino JRB - in March 2006. Funny stories need to be told! Arrow gave
birth to Valentino while I attended the FPZV Stallion Performance Testing in
Texas with a bunch of friends of mine. It was a Saturday night and I had
just been informed that I would be riding one of the newly approved FPZV stallions in the
Award Ceremony. As if that was not exciting enough, especially since I had
to borrow the various items of the riding outfit
(squeezing my size 10 body into a size 2 pair of breeches and dressage
coat), I am getting the frantic phone call from my
husband Jack, telling me that Arrow was in labor.... We got interrupted
thanks to cell phone reception and I could not get hold of him
until a little while later (I was getting "vet-wrapped" to fit into the size
2 coat...). By that time, Arrow had delivered a foal
which was first identified as a "filly". Jack had done everything right, and
then lost his nerve and ran over to our neighbors and
friends calling for help (whatever happened to phones ???? or taking the car
over???) Everything was well though and our wonderful
vet came also over on his day off to assist Jack with tending to the foal. Once the vet arrived, Jack was also educated
about the gender of the foal.... a colt! What can I say - I was thrilled. A
healthy foal, a happy yet exhausted husband, and I got to ride a newly
approved stallion in the award ceremony! It can't get better than
that? Oh yes, it can! Because Jack delivered Valentino, we are going to keep
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