It's taken us 2 years to decide should we sell this beautifully bred mare or keep her; a decision not taken lightly. We really should be keeping her. But we have SO many young ones to ride, and she was one of many, through no fault of her own, who missed getting ridden enough and missed getting on the truck through Covid times. She has not been to a Campdraft yet, but so close to having a competitive start.

We have an embryo coming out of her by Sannman* that we're pretty excited about, hopefully a filly! This mare is the real deal, genuine reason to sell and no hidden agenda. Just too many horses, as we both have about 15+ each to ride that we can't get to, and most drafts are 8 first round runs, so that's 4 each on the truck.

She's good to catch, and leads at a canter off a 4 wheeler. She leads off a horse well, and you can lead horses and yearlings off her fine too.

She's done light mustering, no massive days here at Grass Hut, and is good to ride outside, open & shut gates off her, crack a whip, is fine with dogs, has seen 4 wheelers & choppers plenty.

She is VERY QUIET! Has never bucked, even after a spell or on a cold morning. But she is an alert, active type of mare, so not kid's pony material.

She's a VERY light mare in the face and belly. Proper soft. She's alert, alive and very responsive. She's been ridden in a couple of Campdraft clinics by Ladies who aren't very experienced riders, and have never Campdrafted. She came back to their level easily. She stands well to get on & off from the ground or using a mount. She's a pretty good walker, and has a free action through all her paces. She doesn't shy or have any tricks. She's good to shoe and clip her mane, and loads easily on a float or drop door truck. She's super quiet on the ground, and has had our grandkids around her with no issues.

She's done lots of tailing weaners, has tracked the Bison, Buffalo and weaners in our arena, and had a few practice Campdraft courses, but more so just kind consistent tracking and circling. She'd be luck if she's had 15-20 practice draft runs full stop, so definitely needs a few more of them to have her draft successfully. But she's knocking on the door, not much work to do here. You could draft her right now, but a tad more work would make a better mare.

She hasn't that done much cutting out, or much mechanical cow work - in fact about 5 rides on that, but she cuts out pretty nice, and holds her shape well. She is easily helped and corrected in the yard, but is not yet a solid cutting out mare that you can turn free. You help her and she responds well. She's probably an easy 21 yard mare now, and will cut out real nice with a tad more of it, and would go well in 2 handed cutting as she is now.

A round of mustering would do her justice, and with a few practice runs this week, she's not solid, still makes a few mistakes, but the goods are all there, just a bit more work and she'll make a lovely Campdraft. She would suit a kind, quiet rider as she's a sensitive mare, would not handle someone a bit spur happy or with an electric date. With a few correct starts she will get solid fast, as she's had a solid foundation, has not been rushed along. She is ready to step up now. She tracks well, rates well, is easily helped, and will be a good drafter fast.

Dry work is pretty good for a mare not trained to Challenge. Knows herleads, can depart walk to canter on either lead, turns around proper good one way and pretty good the other, nice enough stops, can fly change at a collected canter (still with the right help) and is very showy.

And what a top class dam line! Blondie was a superb mustering mare, mostly enjoyed by Vicki and the female staff in the end. She never drafted as we were mostly contract mustering at that time, and then she got injured and retired. 

Her foals are all very quiet naturally, with the best of them being Jordyn Bentleys RHONDHU CRACKER DUCK. Wowsers, what a great mare. Has won & placed in so many events, and right up with te big boys too in events like ARBC. Cracker Duck is amazing, and the proof is in the pudding when Jordyn purchased this mother Blondie last year at near 20 years of age, PTIF to Shines Like Metallic, to get embryos out of. The mare lines mean so much, and the mare power here will breed on.