TS Ontas Fury x HR Carolina

2006 Grey over Buckskin Araloosa Filly

 

Belle Starr is a color mystery.  She has the markings of a dun (dorsal stripe, shoulder shadow, zebra stripes, face mask, and ear tips) but I was not aware that Fury carried the dun gene.  I think this coloring is just an over expressed creme gene (buckskin) as I know Fury carries that gene.

 

As Belle Starr is getting older she appears to be turning grey although she seems to change color with every coat change.  She gets grey hairs and then loses them.  This winter I was sure she was grey but when she shed out this Spring I could not find a grey hair.  She is almost the color of a wild primitive horse.  I am not aware of any loose Przewalski stallions roaming California but she sure does have that color.  Of course she does NOT have that body style as she is a classy, refined, and feminine little filly.

 

 

 

She has a gorgeous Arab head and tipped ears with large eye.  And like her Mom is a big mover.  In body style she looks a lot like her half-sister Tiffany Blue AA who is featured on my riding horse page.  However she is going to be shorter than Tiffany - I expect Belle Starr to mature at 14.2 to 14.3hh at the most.

 

 

Belle Starr should excel in the working Western or Hunter disciplines and would make an elegant mount for a lady or youth rider.  Her Dam was my unstoppable trail riding horse for many years.  She had amazing endurance over all sorts of ground - flat, sand, hills, and mountains.  I could ride her over any sort of ground barefoot (within reason of course) and never have an issue.  If Belle Starr has only half of her Dam's ability she would make a great endurance or competitive trail horse. 

 

 

                         

                               Sire                                                     Dam

                       TS Ontas Fury                                      HR Carolina

Price:  $1,000