by landofmakebelieve » Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:13 pm
Barn: Briar Hill English Facility
Show name: BH Catch Me If You Can
Call name: Calamari
Gender: Mare
Age: 3 Years
Height: 15.1hh
Breed: Gypsy Vanner
Discipline: Jumping
Breeding fee: 2500c
Now, lemme explain this picture;
You see, the markings do not look like those on the right side of her face because I really hate drawing the right side of horse's faces, and I much prefer the left. These are the markings on the right side of her face. Also, the reason it is just pencil, is because I cannot do digital art of any quality, and I cannot colour anything in with pencil crayon/pastel/paint without it looking like a 5 year old did it. I'd also like to go ahead and apologize for poor image quality.
I'd also like to take the adoption of this pretty gal one step further. Since my drawing has a severe case of "Bleh", I am also going to describe her full body in detail. *Clears Throat* Okie, so starting at her muzzle; Calamari's muzzle is mostly pink, with a touch of brown on the left or near side, and velvetly soft. She also has the most adorable little whiskers. She also has the "beard" that most Gypsy Vanners get, and her's is so long, because all Briar Hill's facilities are situated to the north of the Canadian Province of Ontario, where it is quite chilly year round, and the beard is just part of her winter coat. Calamari is in general, fluffy all over, which makes her just adorable! She has a roman nose, which may turn some horse owner's off, but I think it is honestly gorgeous, and would prefer a horse with a roman nose to the dished face of an Arabian any day. Carrying up to her gorgeous eyes, which are rather large and curious looking, the one on the left side is a beautiful shade of blue, whereas the eye on the left is a soft hazel color. She has a rather long forelock, well, her entire mane is pretty long, but anywho, her long forelock cascades down and around her eyes, hiding her forehead and much of her face around her eyes. Calamari also has a set of huge floppy ears, which are generally in "airplane mode", where they are relaxed, sticking out to the sides like the wings of an airplane. Her neck is pretty thick compared to most horse breeds, but for a Gypsy, her neck is absolutely perfect. However, you usually don't see much of her neck, as her silky mane usually covers it. This pretty mare has a nice set of sloping shoulders, making her a nice mount for jumping. Her shoulders are not to big, but they are quite nicely muscled. Going down her forelegs, they are long for her breed, as Gypsies generally have a shorter, thicker leg, but next to say a paint, her legs would be about the same length, just a little thicker. She has very nice, thick feathering, which unfortunately has to be trimmed away so that her boots fit her properly. Moving back up to her barrel, it is nice and round, and it is just the right length for her body; not too short, and not too long. Calamari has a nice big booty large, well muscled rump, and she has the potential to perform cross-country, but right now, we're gonna focus her on show jumping strictly. Her hind legs are much like her forelegs, with the exception that she is slightly pigeon toed in the back, but she is wearing corrective boots to fix that, and is getting better day by day! Last, but most definitely not least, Calamari has the longest, floofiest tail of any horse I have ever seen in my life! I wouldn't go near it if were you.... It might be like the wardrobe from The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe.... There could be talking lions and elves running around in there!!!
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landofmakebelieve on Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:01 am, edited 1 time in total.
hello, bonjour
please call me believe
herro der mes amis, i am believe. proud canadian, ottb loving, colt breaking, nfr dreaming. pictured on the left is my racetrack reject, landofmakebelieve, aka molly, moo, shmoo, whatever name comes to mind x] molly is a 10 year old canadian bred thoroughbred mare, and standing at about 16.2hh, we look a little wonky when we chase cans, but la dee da that's alright. molly and i tried several disciplines. i tried desperately to get her to catch on to dressage, but unfortunately, she still has the race bred mind and is all go. however, together we found a discipline which we could both enjoy; western gaming. this summer we started travelling to barrel races locally. our current record on a standard size pattern is 17.314 and we are improving with every run. and to all the low budget barrel racers out there such as myself, a word of advise; chin up darling. you may not have a million dollar mount under your butt, but you and your crossbred, rejected, hard headed, rescue baby can do it. you know why? cause those girls sitting in their custom circle y's, upon shiny, top of the line mounts are full of themselves. they think there's no way they can lose. they get cocky. stay humble, believe in yourself, in your horse, and most importantly ride your little heart out.
