It all began this year on March 4. No no no, back up a few weeks. It began sometime around... HA! Who am I kidding... the first email was sent on February 13 2010. My mother had been web surfing, checking out some babies, and started to send me some well-bred weanlings and yearlings she happened to come by.
For a short while I was on a kick of searching for the perfect stud to breed my AQHA mare, Red Sports Model aka "Red", to, and I was pretty stuck on the Frenchman's line. It has been one of my favorites for years now, 4 maybe 5 years. I had ridden a Frenchman's Guy gelding when I lived in Florida and I loved him, loved his smooth transitions, smooth turns, and overall willingness to work and to learn. I guess she was searching for Frenchman's babies because of that when she discovered the little man that is now my Duncan.
She emailed Ed Pfaff of Stage Rock Quarter Horses, the farm he was born on, for more information, and she forwarded me the response which came with a bunch of pictures of the beautiful Red Dun Colt.
The emails didn't stop for quite a few days, my mom emailing Ed, me emailing Ed, my mom and I emailing each other.... This little colt, registered as SRFrenchmansdunfired was in Wisconsin, so if was to say Yes to buying him, it meant that I'd have to to it sight unseen.. so I studied the pictures and I sent a vet out to make sure he was perfect... and everything led to the only thing that was left to do... the check was sent and on March 4, 2010, my baby stepped off the trailer and onto the ground of his new home in New York.
And so, the story began.
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