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ZOE ( reg. COVER GIRL)

Windfall foal Zoe is the 4th foal out of our TB mare Cato's Sister, previous foals were purebreds and a Connemara cross. Zoe is our first Trakehner cross and we couldn't be happier. My first impression of the filly was how beautiful her head was and such shapely ears! Then I saw the long legs and huge joints, wow, longer than anything we've ever had here! At 2 months, I had a visiting Cornell vet comment she had never seen a foal with such straight and correct legs at that young an age. Zoe is easy to work with, very intelligent. My husband is a former farrier, so standing properly for trimming is a must. She jumped into the horse trailer first try and learned to hop over cross rails while we exercised her mom. (This is exciting as my daughter plans to event her someday.) To date she has had no health or foot problems, one minor injury so we learned about wrapping and tying. Zoe's out every day - rain, shine or snow with the rest of our horses. Socially she's very well adapted, sweet and friendly.

Zoe's big outing came at the end of summer when she was 4 1/2 months old. We went to the Genesee Valley Breeders Show in Avon, NY. Zoe was the champion foal, champion sporthorse and show grand champion. I knew going into the show we had a really nice filly and of course you always have your hopes up but boy that day we never came down! The judge's comments were "excellent" in every category and she placed Zoe far above the competition that day. And we won a manners and conditon class to boot! One fellow competitor at the show came over and said her best description for Zoe was "Godiva chocolate" - so very smooth! I'd have to agree, she has teriffic balance and symmetry, correctness and big flowing gaits to go along with her good looks and big eye. I was told Windfall was a great cross with a TB mare and I surely was not let down. Windfall is prepotent, his get are stamped with his looks and conformation. My vet recently noted Zoe had a look of her own, I think it's actually the look of Windfall. Would I breed back to Windfall or recommend him to another mare owner? Definitely!

Deborah Chidsey

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Tim and Cheryl Holekamp
New Spring Farm
7901 Highway 63 South
Columbia, MO 65201
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