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Red Bud's Last Lady
In June 2003 we had the opportunity to import another horse. There was 1 problem: the horse had to be in isolation in Texas within 1 week. We already established good relationships with fellow breeders in the US. 1 phonecall and a lot of luck was enough to locate a suitable mare in foal. I had enough convidence in the breeder to make a discision based on the info provided over the phone. Leon purchased a daughter of his deceased stallion earlier that month. The mare was healthy and in foal but skinny. In order to preserve the bloodlines of his Old Bud, Leon acquired the mare. That same day we purchased a mare not knowing more than her color, bloodlines and her being broke to drive. From behind my pc in Belgium I arranged an urgent transport from TN to TX, something that couldn't be achieved in the US. One month later, we went to pick up Lilly at the Airport in Amsterdam. Despite the efforts and good feed during quarantine, Lilly was still very skinny. Nothing could show us the beautiness hidden inside this mare. Thanks to balanced food, a green pasture and a good trainingprogram Lilly not only performed well under saddle (it appeared she was only broke to drive) but also joined an Endurance ride together with Secret as the first TWH in Belgium to join. In the months that followed Lilly developed into a beautiful mare with an excellent disposition; grateful, smart and with a huge willingness to please and eagerness to learn. Lilly is the last foal of Red Bud's Rascal. Her sire made a huge contribution in continuing some very important old bloodlines. Lilly will also produce so called 'Heritage horses'. Rarely you will see a young Walking horse nowadays with Foundation horses (marked with an F-) on the papers. In this case Hunter's Allen F-10. 5 more foundation horses just fell off the papers with one line of which one is the famous Allan F-1. This mare born in '98 is extremely friendly, smart and willing to work. She is broke to both ride and drive. Lilly was imported in 2003 in foal to Bud's Sterling Bullet. She gave birth to a healthy grey filly. In order to preserve her old bloodlines we were looking for a stallion that matched her heritage foundation and found him all the way in Switzerland: Tsuniah's H.B. Lilly gave birth to a healthy sorrel studcolt on May 18th '05. We named him Ravi (friend). We rebred her and on June 17th '06 Pleasure's Strolling Bud was born. If you like to keep track of Bud, check his personal page. The full brothers are growing up together and having a blast, click here for pics. We decided to give Lilly a year off and bred her to Pleasure's Pot o' Gold. The night after our open house on April 28, 2008, Dean was born. We call him Pleasure's Walkin Blues. He moved together with his cousin Nilam to his caretakers in the Netherlands. Lilly will be bred by Pleasure's Favorite Oreo in 2009. Oreo is a coming 4 year old son of Rose who arrived in Europe in foal in 2004. Oreo moved to west Belgium after weaning and turned into a very nice looking stallion. Lilly lived with Oreo in the spring of 2009. She delivered a minimal tobiano stud colt on March 18, 2010. We named him Pleasure's Triple X. This long legged boy is available.
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