Braeberry's Cassie
Cassie is a snazzy, elegant buckskin mare, whom we have decided to let our son work with for awhile. We have brought her back to Seal Rock, Oregon, where her dam was obviously pleased to see her.
Cassie was foaled 27 April 2005 and is Nutmeg's first foal. Cassie's sire is Rosey's Gold Star, a registered palomino Section B Welsh.
She is buckskin, and her name is from Cassia, the tree used as cinnamon in North America. She has lovely movement, especially when there's another horse to show off for, and will be great in the show ring.
Cassie is a character, loves attention and lets kids work around her. She has participated in a petting zoo at the Ag Fest in Salem, Oregon twice. She attended her first show as a Beach Bum in the costume class at Benton County Fair, 2 August 2008, ridden bareback by our son. She didn't have a worry in the world about all the things we hung on her or tied to her, but she didn't want to stand still in the line up-- too many things elsewhere to explore!
She had three months of training, started under saddle and over poles. She was getting a bit frisky with the work, so we gave her a break for a year to soak it all in and lived with our herd in Medford, Oregon. In March 2010 we moved her to Lincoln, CA where she spent the summer participating in a few pony party events and performed excellently, not bothering about water, helicopters or airports. She has spent the last year at another home in Lincoln, getting more riding experience. She has calmed down immensely during the time given off from her training, and has matured to a very fine temperament pony with no pony attitude, just lots of willingness and desire to please.
Cassie is an eyecatcher and will be stunning in the show ring. She has stayed small, an informal measurement of 12.2 hands. She will do well with a small, confident rider. She did not baulk at my riding her bareback at the beach one day, but I felt like I was riding a greased pole because of her narrowness. She's so petite I could probably put my toes together under her belly. She has yet to meet someone who doesn't like her or she doesn't like. Her behavior is very trusting, obvious that she's had no bad experiences with people or much of anything for that matter.
New video is available of her being worked in a round pen and ridden. Links to video online to come soon. A baby video is available below.
Video of Cassie doing a flying lead change at 3 days old.
Click here to see sire's pedigree.
