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Mercedes
I purchased Mercedes from Leah Singleton of Winters, CA. about 1.5 miles from my house. I actually looked at her at first for a friend and just fell in love with her. When my friend couldn't buy her I went back and purchased her. Her Mother was a Peruvian Paso named Lindeza Linda and her Father was a gaited Jack named Traveller. (see pictures) Unfortunatley he passed away last January.
Mercedes was three years old last April and amazes me how gentle and what a pleasure to ride she is.
I received the first 14 pictures from Ken and Judie Cunningham, the breeders of Mercedes and they wrote this to me regarding how Mercedes got her name:
We named her Mercedes because she was a NI foal, Neonatal Isoloyritherorsis (sp?), and we hadn't heard of that before she was born. When she was about 5 hours old, she started peeing blood, so we rushed her into the vet, and her red blood cells were being killed by antibodies her mother made against her blood (which was travellers type) in the colostrum. She had a full blood transfusion from a gelding the vets keep there for that purpose, a quarterhorse they called "Mercedes". So we named her after him since he saved her life. |
Date(s): July 6, 2004. Album by Randy Baker. 1 - 24 of 56 Total. 1233 Visits. |
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