Found Her !

The highlight of last year’s month long visit was finding the 5 month old filly everyone was talking about. We first heard about the December baby when we checked in at the Ranger Station. A December birth is unusual in the horse world and almost unheard of within the Maryland herd.

It took us several days to find her but our persistence was rewarded. She had what I considered to be an unusual color pattern, a brown and white pinto with brown, black and white mane and tail. She had a very distinctive tiny brown spot within a large white patch on her left side. Her other distinctive mark was a white and black splotch on her forehead. Thinking no one would notice her gone, I wanted to scoop her up and stuff her in our truck. She was a real cutie and I wondered how much her appearance would change in a year’s time. I was pretty confident we would recognize her in years to come. I have since found out her coloring isn’t that unusual but her markings are unique.

So, it’s next year already and we’ve been here just over a week. We found the band with her sire, the strong and well built pinto stallion with the map of GA on his left side grazing in the marsh between the Ranger Station and the bridge. Surprise! We not only found my little filly but also a second yearling filly born over Memorial Day weekend last year. We were delighted to find both foals born last year were in the same band.

My filly has grown significantly but still has those two distinguishing features and I still very much want to put her in the truck and take her home however it would no longer be an easy fit.