My new HUGE horse-DUW!

So I decided to take the plunge and buy a mare that I have been eye-ing for a year or so now. She was at my old stables and I was always envious of whoever was riding her. She went up for sale this spring and I have been trying her out. I had a day off today and my friend Sarah came out to the barn and took pictures for me when I rode!

Name: Nela
Age: 8
Breed: Percheron/Belgian draft cross
Weight: about 1900 lbs
Temperament: Just about as laid-back and calm as can be! :D

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Aww! What a big lover girl! Give her a carrot for me! Congrats! :gj:

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Originally Posted by cassandra

Give her a carrot for me! Congrats! :gj:

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She loves you already. Thanks!:P

She looks gorgeous... I wish it was more feasible to own a horse here in California.. RAWR

Shes beautiful!! I love her nose, it looks squishy and kissable:)

I miss having horses.

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

She looks gorgeous... I wish it was more feasible to own a horse here in California.. RAWR

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Thanks! She is a very pretty animal:)

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Originally Posted by Kristy

I love her nose, it looks squishy and kissable:)

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It is!:rolleyes:

She's one HUGE but gorgeous horse! Congrats! I hope you have a long time friend there!:D

I love draft horses! One of my dads friends has a shire, and some really rare color of some rare draft horse, there is only 3 of them in the country. They are gorgeous! So is your mare. Congrats!:D

What a kind eye she has! Congratulations. :) May she be a life long friend.

Congrats! She has a nice face.

I had a belgian draft horse... LOVED him!!
Love her .. she is a big gorgeous horse!!

Wow, she is tall! Congrats.. looks like you two hit it off already :)

Love her! I love draft horses. I just got a draft/quarter about a month ago. Drafts are sweet horses.:)

She's beautiful!!!

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Originally Posted by snakelady

Congrats! She has a nice face.

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Thank you! Her face is so gentle and soft.

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Originally Posted by Montessa Python

I had a belgian draft horse... LOVED him!!
Love her .. she is a big gorgeous horse!!

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Belgians are just so neat! I love draft crosses....:P

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

Wow, she is tall! Congrats.. looks like you two hit it off already :)

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Yep! Although she may not have liked the idea of getting a bath today...:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Blu Mongoose

Love her! I love draft horses. I just got a draft/quarter about a month ago. Drafts are sweet horses.:)

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Drafts just have great personalities if you like to be soothed. She certainly will be my therapy from life.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

She's beautiful!!!

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Thank you :D

<-- soooo jealous. I've always wanted a horse. That one looks kind of like a Clydesdale lol.

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Originally Posted by TheHabit

<-- soooo jealous. I've always wanted a horse. That one looks kind of like a Clydesdale lol.

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Yeah, everyone thinks that because she's bay, although she isn't anywhere near big enough or fancy enough LOL.

magnificent animal!!!! very muscular! enjoy her!!!

Percherons are great horses. Extremely reliable and strong as iron.
Congratulations !

She's like a simplified and much more functional Clydesdale. -lol-

I think she's a GORGEOUS horse, and I rarely say that about them. It really takes a looker to make me say that. Most horses to me just look like knobby-kneed boring old horses. But she's quite pretty. You two look good together. :gj:

She really is beautiful!! You both look happy in those pics! :)

i am SO JEALOUS! she is perfect. oh em gee i NEED a draft cross in my life. although my DREAM horse is a friesian or vanner, in reality when i go for the pony plunge it will more than likely be a perch cross! i've seen oodles and every one is LOVELY looking and very sweet!

congrats you lucky dog :)

she is BEAUTIFUL... just wow :gj: congats

beautiful horse. i love them. lost both of mine in the winter of 96, the snow piled on the barn roof and the weight collapsed the barn with them inside. i was devastated. especially because the summer b4 we had the whole barn rebuilt. We had to learn the hard way that they cut corners. anyways.. i wish you the best of luck with your new horsey and many many many years of friendship with him

My barn burned down 2 years ago, I understand your pain. I didn't have any horses there, but all 22 horses died and only one lived.

It's been completely rebuilt now though. (even after a tornado hit it this fall which only slightly damaged it but hurt some horses and grooms)

I have a miniature friesian warmblood that I ride once a week. Not my horse but most people think she's a different breed of a pony that looks like a friesian. Nope, she's a pureblood friesian. :]

thats a gorgous horse...

like heather said... i wish here in so cal it was a lil easier to own one.

man i want a horse lol

i miss riding.. danget.

Thank you for all of your comments, guys! Boy, those horror stories make me want to stay up all night by the phone..how awful! Fortunately, my horse lives in a big pasture, so I don't have to worry about a barn collapsing. However, there have been fires nearby down the road that were squelched before they got nasty...but it worries me. :(

I am starting to learn a lot about drafts, and it is all very interesting!