"Elly's Mom"

This is Slydone Got Lucky, aka Miss Elly.
To some, Miss Elly may look like a typical red dun filly. But, she's much more then that to me. This is the story of how Miss Elly came here to be with me.

Some years ago, my mom and I were looking at horses. She wanted one of her own to ride so she could go on trail rides with me. While we were looking at this one particular barn, we spotted a gelding that was a stunning red dun. Well I had never seen a red dun before, so I didn't know what color he was. He was actually a bit more orange then Elly is, but she's close. Anyway, I had inquired about the gelding that day, and was told he wasn't for sale, sadly, because my mom took to him right away.

We eventually found a horse for my mom, but she wasn't a good horse for her, and not comfortable to ride at all, so we started the search again. All the while she kept saying, I sure wish I could find one like that one we saw. I had promised my mom, that I Would find a horse just like that gelding she had fallen in love with.

So as I was surfing on the net one day, I found a pretty buckskin mare (I know, definitely not a red dun, but Hey, I love buckskins!) and bought her. I thought, AWESOME, I can train this older mare to saddle, she's nice and gentle, loved my mom and would take care of her. She still wasn't the red dun that she wanted, but she would definitely be a good horse for her to tool around on. Well, I had just gotten her under saddle and going really well. We were just about ready to have my mom take her first test ride, with me holding her in hand just in case my mom spooked (she rode as a kid for years and LOVED horses) But as fate would have it, my mom passed away before she was able to take that first ride. The buckskin who's rump is pictured left and was the intended for my mother, is Sandy. She is my "The" horse. Elly is right there in the same category.

Elly has a "typical" red head attitude, she has a stubborn streak that can resemble that of an Irishman's on occasion, my mom was a red head. Stubborn, very intelligent, great sense of humor with a LOT of common sense. They both share(d) these "red head traits". Elly was found by visiting a friends website under the horses she had for sale at the time.

If you would like to find a pretty red dun with a lot of cow sense, go to www.strawnequine.com and tell Paige that I sent ya! : ) Anyhow, we picked up El last year and El has been "my" horse predominantly since. I wonder sometimes if Elly doesn't have a bit more of her name sake in her some how. My mom's nickname was Ellie. So that's how I became "Elly's Mom". :D