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Customer and Site Visitor Notes. Just a few of the kind words we have received from customers and visitors to our site.
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8/24/03 Regarding 2003 The Whoopersnapper Grullo Colt.
We just got home. He is unbelievable. He got one the trailer in IL and PA like a pro. I thought for sure after the long day hauls he's decide he had enough. He's out in the pasture next to the other horses now and is acting like he's home. Putting his halter and leading him is like leading our broke horses. He's walking straight and even now. Jeff is really tickled with him. I'll right more later after I recuperate from all the driving. H |
8/9/03 Regarding 2003 Robins Pretty Blu Black Filly
Dear Kris and Doug,
We love Mainly Sheba Blu (aka:Sheba). She is a very sweet,
calm and willing ,weanling, filly! My daughter has given her a bath, trimmed
her bridle path, lead her around on our neighbors property, tied her, sprayed
her and other things like that. You have done a wonderful job halter braking
this filly, and she loves people! Our 10 year old son can lead her around and
she goes right along with him! We wouldn't hesitate about buying another horse
from you in the future!
Thanks again,
The Jensen Family
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8/12/03 Regarding 2002 Red Dun Filly "Honey Dun Gem".
Kris, We made it home without incident. The fillies were great. Drank water when we stopped, and gave us absolutely no problems. We got to the about 1:00 am. Mon. morning. They got baths that afternoon, and did great. I don't think we could be happier about them. Talk with ya soon!! joan |
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Kristy and Doug - Just wanted to say we love "Bubba". We named him "Shadow". We will definitely look to you again when we are ready for another horse. The Bennetts |
Re: Blue Smoke Gem - I feel very lucky that I have found him.
Also, I would like to see his off spring and new foal crop next year.
Thanks again, Vicki |
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Hello Kristy, Just wanted to let you know that Zoom is doing great. I think he favors me because I spend alot of time with him. He is such a good boy! I call him "my guy" all the time :) Pam |
Just wanted to up date you a little bit. The second day that
we had Freeda home, she became the head horse. She is doing great! Very friendly
& she always comes up. I was taking some pictures of her today & she was hard to
keep out of my face! My trainer is going to take her tomorrow for me. So
she will be gone through September. I will be going over there to rider her to,
so I will keep you posted on that, too. Max thought she sounded like she
would be really easy. Becky |
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Hi Kristy !! Well, the long trip for Jake is over. He arrived here today at about 6:30 p.m. and WOW !!!! what a beautiful colt !! We are so happy that all went good on his trip. He is doing very good here. My wife and I just came up from the barn about ten minutes ago from checking on him. We worked all day on preparing his new stall with rubber mats and wood shavings for his bedding. He seems to like it here and he is so friendly and so sweet natured. I walked him around the pasture today and he was very excited about all that is around him. We are both so happy to have him and would like to express our thanks to you for all that you have done. I will keep you informed as to his progress as time goes on. You can rest assured that Jake has a wonderful home and is very much loved by us. Thank you so much for all of your help. Take care and we will write again soon. Sincerely, Steve and Melanie Trottier Additional: Poco Jake is doing very well. We had the blacksmith out the other day and he couldn't believe how well Jake did. He said that he's never seen a foal (especially a colt) that was so "cooperative". The vet came out and was very impressed with him also.
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hi kristy, steve and melanie are doing great with the little guy. they are so worried about him as far as making sure they are doing right as far as being first time baby owners. they have bathed him and he is settling in great! i think they are going to call him "poco". they couldn't of gotten a better baby. he was excellent on the trip home and faired it butter than the paint. the paint got a little stressed. you do a great job with your babies, keep up the good work. i weaned my foal this weekend too. renee
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Kristy, Thank you for posting wonderful information. You certainly did your homework, making mine lots easier! My husband and I are just getting into quarter horses, although as kids horses have been a part of each our lives. We were at the Quarter Horse show in Scottsdale last weekend and I saw my first Grullo . I fell in love. We have a 10 year old Bay mare that is due to foal the end of March, beginning of April. She has been a brood mare for the last 6 years. We have decided to back breed her to a Buckskin, in hopes of getting a Buckskin. But I would sure love a Grullo ! But you know how it goes, you take your chances and no matter what comes your way, you embrace it and keep it healthy. Anyway, didn't want to take up your time with my tales.. just wanted to say what a wonderful site and thanks once again! Sharon Jones Mesa, Arizona |
Thank you for the information about Grullos. I have a grullo
(yes, he really is) and I have always wanted to know more about how he
obtained his beautiful color. The rarity of his color has been both a
blessing and a curse, for while he is very unique, finding information about
him is difficult. I have always felt that he is the most beautiful horse I
have ever seen and the only horses who have come close to comparing to him
have also been Grullos.
Thank you for devoting your time to assisting the Grullo lovers
of the world.
Jessica Dorris
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I love your article. I raise
appaloosas, and I could never quite identify my horses color. I was
told years ago a Grullo was gray or mouse colored with a black mane and
tail, so every year I crossed my mare with my stallion, I prayed for a
Grullo foal. Well, every year I was disappointed. This year I thought
I would look for a Grullo foal, because the closest I got was a little
gray across the shoulder/neck area a little on the face, but no totally
gray.
Your article made me realize, not
only did I have a Grullo , but all three foals my mare produced are
Grullos. Nothing in the appaloosa charts covered the crazy coloring of
my foals. All had the appaloosa characteristics, but nothing covered
the stripes on the legs, the stripes on the shoulder/neck area, the
ears, the face, the stripe running down the back. It looked like I had
crossed my mare with a zebra or tiger every year. I was so glad when I
read your article, and I can now say, I am the proud owner of two
beautiful Grullo mares, and one Grullostallion. Maybe the horse
industry needs to get a little more specific for patterning other than
white, for those of us who go mostly by word of mouth.
Thanks again for the article and
pics. I you ever want more pics, let me know. If I can get a decent
shot, I will send you some. I have some wild looking horses.
Judy Huenink
Genesis Arabians & Appaloosas
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Hello, I am a Grullo owner and am so pleased to have found your site. I purchased my stallion, 'TM Cody B Smokin'. this year from Oregon where he had landed just 2 weeks from Wisconsin where he was foaled. Luckily I bought him as he was verging God knows what sort of future. I have purchased several Grullo mares which I bred to him 2002. I am enclosing a photo of him FYI and would like to invite you to visit my site..Please feel free to comment back to me your opinion as I feel you are one of the few knowledgeable individuals I have encountered in the 'Grullo ' adventure.When you visit my site <www.cielocelestefarm.com> you will see I am in the equine world for 40 + years, however, my involvements have been rather varied..The other stallions I stand at my ranch are VERY nice and I would love for you to take a look at them if you have the time. Again I thank you for your Grullo input..It is a superb form of reference and if you would, I would love to link your site to mine..Celeste Huston |
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Dear Kristy I am impressed with your site and would be interested in adding a link to it on our color reference page with your permission. I represent the NATIONAL QUARTER HORSE REGISTRY and we do register double dilute Quarter Horses. We are striving to be "politically correct" in our color designations. You are welcome to preview our site it is not officially open yet but It would be fine if you take a peek. www.geocities.com/nqhregistry or you can email us at nqhregistry@yahoo.comSincerely; T. Holdaway Executive Director |
Thank you for an unbiased and informative article. I found it
very useful. I would also like to comment that it is hard to find a comparative
article on anything where you really can't tell which one the author favors.
Very nice and thanks for taking the time to write it for the rest of us. Sincerely Kim Croft |
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Kristy, With your permission I would like to link to your articles about grullo and foundation horses. I think an educated buyer is less likely to be disappointed! Thanks |
Dear Kristy, What a well-written, informative article! After I married in 1981, I gave up breeding Quarter Horses to devote all my time and attention to my children. Now that they're almost grown, it was time for me to get back to what I really loved doing, breeding horses. I was pretty disgusted with all the Thoroughbred/ Quarter Horses I was finding. What happened to all the tough little bulldogs I had grown up with? I'd ride to the saddle club show, put my little mare through halter classes, ride in western pleasure classes, stay the afternoon and run ALL the games and ride her home in the evening . After about 5 years of searching, I finally have my start of mares and stallions that fit my own ideas of what I wanted. Two of our stallions are Poco Bueno grandsons, and the other two are Leo/Blackburn bred. Quite a few of the mares will trace back to King p-234 several times as well as Leo and Wimpy. I absolutely love my little muscle-heads, and the foals are so easy to work with. Most of our young horses are just "get on and ride" youngsters. We are members of NFQHA and it's been a very good association. Some of our riding friends do snicker a little when we pull in with our little fellas, but we tell them that you don't need 16 hands when 14.2 will ride harder and longer for you with a good attitude and willing disposition the whole ride. Besides, it's a lot easier climbing on 14.2 hands than 16. Thanks again for the informative article. Sincerely, Lisa Freier-Two Oaks Farm |
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Dear Enloes, I enjoyed your web site very
much although I am a computer neophite. I am a veterinarian who breeds
and raises Grullo cutting horses for my husband to train. We have been
in the cutting horse buisness for about 15 years and although the color
thing is my hobby my husband humors me and we,ve had moderate sucess
with my approach. I have 6 Grullo mares all with Ncha performance and or
produce records. Unfortunatly ther are no Grullo cutters with Ncha
records to date so I have to go to black sires. This as you know reduces
my odds at Grullo ans I have produced three Grullos, two of which were
fillys one a silver Grullo as you described. I spent 6 months one summer
working thru the genetics of equine color as described by Sponenburg and
Beaver. I was impressed with your technical accuracy, there is alot of
mis-information out there! I had not paid attention to shades of Grullo as you have pointed out. I think I have 2 silver Grullos, one lobo and
one slate, several others in the medium range ( i forget what you called
them) We live in Breham, Texas and although our cutting shows take us
all over not to Minnesota. Too bad would love to talk more and see your
horses in person although the photos are great. The seasons also seem
to affect my mares a lot, perhaps the sun is a lot stronger in Texas, a
lot of fading here. I only had 3 color foals this year but I have 7
coming for next year, Grullo mares crossed on blacks or black roan. Four
of which were embryo transfers i did myself. I intend to single handedly
make a reputation for the Grullo horse in the cutting world! Ha! In an
interview with the cutting horse news a Southern publication I told the
reporter my fantasy was to create a reputation for the Grullo horse what
Royal Blue Boon did for the roan color ! Ha! everyone can have there
dream! Love to talk Frank and Janet Bowen
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Dear Kristy,
I'm writing to request your permission
to place a link to your information article ("getting informed about grullos")
on the homepage of my website: Alberta Grullo Horses (
http://albertaGrullos.homestead.com/index.html )
I've not yet seen a more understandable
and informative compilation about the grullo horse.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Donna Danchuk
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| Wow! What a great site! I was really informed. I just was offered a Grullo yearling for free as the owner was having financial difficulties. Needed to know the details of the breed and bingo! You gave me all the right info in one site! Yea! Go girl! Love & Laughter, Lori Musil, artist for the "Trail of Painted Ponies" in New Mexico. (See our site at www.gopaintedponies.com.) |
Hello Kristy and Douglas,
My name is Nicole Jagger and I own
Silver Circle Miniatures ~ specialising in Dun coloured Miniatures ~ in
Callington, South Australia.
I was recently looking on the internet
for information on Dun coloured horses (for my own info) when I came across
your website and details about Grullo 's. I then found this very
interesting, especially now, as I think that my "Dun" mare may be grullo as
well as her colt foal (now 3 mths old). I think your site is excellent and
I have learned alot about the colour. You also have some beautiful horses
and now I am trying to find breeders of Quarter Horses within Australia that
have Grullo coloured stallions. If you know of anyone please let me know if
you don't mind.
I am also editor of a Miniature
showing group called Miniature Equine Enthusiasts of South Australia, and a
member of the Miniature Horse Association of South Australia and I was
wondering if you would mind if I could use some of the information from your
site to put in our newsletter (for MEESA), as I don't think some of the
other members fully understand the Grullo colour.
Thank you for your time, I hope this
isn't an inconvenience as I realise you are in your breeding season and
probably very busy.
Kind regards
Nicole Jagger ~ Silver Circle
Miniatures.
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Wanted to tell you thanks for all of the information you
provided on your site.
It was really helpful!
I just recently purchased my dream filly, a appendix QH
by a Grullo reining stallion.
Photos att.
I was told she looked more dun than Grullo this past
summer.
Now she is showing her slate color like her sire.
I can not wait till she is fully shed out in her summer
coat.
Deanna
WA St.
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JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A GREAT WEB PAGE- VERY
INFORMATIVE AND BEAUTIFUL HORSES ALSO. I AM LOOKING FOR A GRULLO MARE FOR A
SMALL BREEDING OPERATION WE ARE STARTING - WISH YOU WERE CLOSER TO US. WE LIVE
IN ALABAMA-
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Hello from TN, I recently had
a colt born out of a palomino (she has a dorsal stripe and almost brown
socks, so I really don't classify her as palomino, but AQHA did) mare
and by a Grullostallion. I was hoping for a grullo, and thought I
had achieved my goal, he looked lilac when he was born now at 3 weeks he
has really lighten up, and everyone that sees him said, he is going to
be dun. Thanks to your website, I believe the mystery is solved, he
looks just like the foal pictures of your light slate horses. I sure
hope so, what was really confusing me was the buckskin color inside his
ears and you pointed that out. He demonstrates the dun factors and has
a much darker face. You websit was exactly what I was hoping to find
when I type in the search for "grullo horses". Also, I had no idea
that I had been pronouncing grullo incorrectly. I feel so smart now.
Ha. What price ranges do your foals fall into? I am not looking to buy
or sell at the present time, I am kind of curious what the grullo color
adds to the price of a well bred Quarter Horse. You have a lot of
beautiful horses. Thanks for the info. Nancy. My email is:
nanmcgrayhorse@hotmail.com
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Thank you for providing such an
informative web site. As the new owner of a nine year old medium slate grullo
mare, I fell in love with her personality as much as her looks. Being new to the horse world I know little about her breed and what made her so special. I had never seen a horse look so beautiful, shining medium silver in the cold winter air. As it get warmer in the Florida sun, her color is changing but she still catches my eye every time I go to the stables. Again, I want to thank you for providing me with such vast knowledge about Grullos. She has been special to me since the day I first saw her and now I know why! Respectfully, Leanne Valor Port Orange, FL Ladynatasha2@aol.com |