Tippy's Classy Babe (Tippy)

Description 1981 Mare 15.1 hands

Tippy is one of the older horses on the farm with a long history of producing beautiful foals with Magic. She generally has a black filly, although as you can see in Cay and Porsche, not always. Her foals have always been tall. Their adult height is between 15.1 and almost 15.3. They seem to be excellent hunter jumper prospects, as I have witnessed two of them easily clear a four foot fence running up hill at age two. Her foals are very sweet and affectionate.

Tippy is a career broodmare. This year would have been her 15th foal in 24 years. This year she had a breech delivery and we lost the foal. Tippy initially appeared to be OK, but started to decline later in the day. The vet came back a second time. Fortunately she was here when Tippy went into shock. We all thought we were going to lose her. The vet stablilized her and we started treatment for her recovery. After a night of IV's and two days of walking her every two hours to combat the nerve damage that had occurred, we had our Tippy back. She can lay her ears flatter than any horse I've ever seen and she curls her nostrils when she really means business. In a few days she was out with a few horses and showing that Tippy attitude at the hay pile. She has made a full recovery. I would have been so sad if her life ended from complications of trying to deliver her last foal. Tippy is a tough girl and otherwise healthy. I would like to place her in a lease for board arrangement. She would make a good grandma horse, a companion horse in a small herd or with a single horse or would be a mature influence around young horses. Her life has been bringing up horses. I'm not sure if she is trained to ride or not. She has always been pregnant, so we never tried it. When she gets better, we will find out.

In a lease for board arrangement, someone would lease her and would not have to pay any money up front. They would simply have use of her in exchange for board and taking good care of her. That means feeding and housing her, making sure she got her vaccinations and wormer, making sure her feet were trimmed and all other veterinary expenses. Should it eventually not work out for any reason, I retain papers, and she comes back to me. This is an excellent way to have a horse for much less money. It also protects the horse from an unintentional, uncertain fate as she gets older and less marketable because of her age.