Twix is quite possibly the most photographed horse ever, thanks to digital film and rechargeable batteries. She was born here, nearly into my arms, thanks to her mother, Ember, alerting me of the baby's imminent birth by clanging on her gate with a hoof. Our eyes met as she was halfway out of her mother, she nickered at me and that was that. She'd imprinted ME, instead of the reverse. She might have been for sale, Ember's first baby, but after that, no way.
Ember (Rem-member Me) is by the world-famous Arabian stallion Remington Steele*++ out of a pretty "domestic blend" mare. Twix's daddy is the fabulous Lipizzan stallion Pluto Carrma III--it's his image that graces my website's banner. You can see a ridiculous amount of photo postcards and then there's her full brother Hawkeye's gallery. To subscribe to the photo postcards, which are very occasional now, drop me an e-mail.
Twix took after her Lipizzan side, behaviorally and in appearance. Her brother is more of a 50-50 blend.
[pictured] Twix gives us a birthday grin. And a Cristy Cumberworth shot of us last winter, just playing. And Twix on her birth day, those bullseyes of grey around her eyes indicated she was going to grey out fast.
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