a welcome arrival

Gitana surprised us with an early filly today. She did a magnificent job as a maiden mare. The other mares stayed away, with one on "aunty duties", keeping the more curious ones away.

The filly is a good size and looks like she may be a dark buckskin. But she may also be brown. A bit hard to tell on the first day, and time will tell. But dad (Chango) is buckskin, so the yellow nose and slightly yellow cannons might indicate that she is heterozygous for the cream dilution.

Not that we care, what matters is that she is healthy, active and apparently well gaited. I think we'll call her Graciela.