This bright, friendly bay filly is the first foal out of "Joy" (Snip's High Hope), one of the farm favorites. She has a 50% chance of being homozygous for black and a 100% chance of being an absolutely phenomenal riding horse with a stellar disposition. She is her dam's first foal and will likely be a smaller horse, around 15h. She will have a naturally smooth, square gait and an easy canter. She has a blend of western and foundation bloodlines that are hard to find in modern young horses. We call this filly and her half brother our "latchkey kids." Their dams were raised in love and safety, so they don't always realize that they need to watch out for their kids, and as a result, she and her buckskin half brother get more freedom to roam than most foals get. You will often find them off on an adventure together, far from their mothers. They have more confidence than most foals have at a very early age. Their fearless, fun antics are a joy to watch. They love exploring, jumping logs, and generally being little "war horses." They are the type that will make outstanding field trial, reenactment, or trail mounts. If I chose her name, it would be "Hoping for Adventure WF" (for the "Hope line going through her mother, grandmother and great grandmother) or "Miss Adventure WF" Snip's High Hope is the product of two outstanding horses. Her sire, Remembrance's Merry Snip, is one of the last closest living links to both Midnight Sun and Merry Boy, with other great horses (Wilson's Allen, Roan Allen, the great mare Merry Legs, Go Boy's Nite Storm, Ebony Masterpiece, Society Man and an incredibly strong dam line through the Ray Corum breeding program, including Midnight Peggie P, Stormy's Ebony Doll and Ebony' Co-Ed.) Her dam, Lined's High Hope, is a phenomenal moving mare with a sweet disposition. "Hope" is a direct daughter of Lined with Cash, who was out of the great mare, Gen's Silver Lining (Pride's Generator x Sun's Eldorado daughter.) Lined with Cash was directly by Pride's Gold Coin and out of the top producing mare Delight's Joanna (by Sun's Delight D.) Pride's Gold Coin was by Pride of Midnight H.F., a direct son of Midnight Sun out of the stylish and talented Pride of Stanley. Hope's dam, Sweepstake's High Hopes was directly by Sweepstakes. This filly is the product of three of our most beloved horses (Golden Gambler, Pippi White Stockings, and The Tennessee Stud WF ) Her sire, The Tennessee Stud WF, was carefully bred and raised here at Westwood Farms. The Tennessee Stud aka "G2" is exactly what we've been breeding for. He has a wonderful disposition: kind, friendly and respectful. From birth, he demonstrated a keen intelligence and strong desire to please that I love so much about his sire. He also has the larger bone structure that I love about his dam. G2 has a true running walk with a great backend. He will walk and shake at both the flatwalk and running walk or you can tighten him up and do a smooth, sailing saddle gait with considerable
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