Birth date June 12, 2007
Registered: MFTHBA #07-91345 (gold papered), ICHO #997-D.
Diego is a curly-coated, smokey blue roan Missouri Fox Trotter with a white star on his forehead, a gentle disposition, correct conformation, and a variety of square-gaits at liberty. As a 4-year-old, Diego is 15.1 hands tall. During the winters his tightly curled coat looks black, but once he starts shedding out for the hot season his coat turns a beautiful blue roan, with white undertones from the cream gene.
February 2011 (Left: Transition coat roaning up for the summer) and November 2010 (Right: Black winter coat)
Stud fee is Private Treaty. Cooled or frozen semen. Reproductive services provided by The Breeder’s Assistant
Sept 2010 Semen Evaluation:
Fresh semen had 90% motility. Cooled semen had 80-85% motility 24 hours after collection and 65% motility 48 hours after collection in two different semen extenders. In one of these extenders, motility was still 65% at 60 hours after collection, but dropped to 25% by 72 hours. Confirmed pregnancy from shipped cooled semen.
Freeze/thawed semen had 65-70% motility using 2 different freezing protocols. Please note that sperm motility after freezing is not a guarantee of fertility, but it is the only surrogate measure available.
December 2011: Diego and Farrier Larry
February 2011: Collected walk (left) and skidding to a stop (right)
February 2011: Diego at play
Parentage DNA verified: Hydro's Pawnee Bill GLC (MFTHBA #02-74327) X DCC Strawberry Ice (MFTHBA #99-63751, ICHO #462-D).
Diego's sire is a 15.3 hand, 1200 pound, straight-coated, cremello Missouri Fox Trotter (Photo on left).
Diego's dam is a ~15.1 hand, curly-coated, strawberry roan from the Walker Prince T/Curly Jim line of dominant curly gene Missouri Fox Trotters. (Photo on right)
[Sire & Dam photos courtesy of Zion’s Gate Curlies, Hurricane, Utah]
DNA-Verified Color Genetics: E/e (heterozygous black), a/a (homozygous non-agouti), Cr/cr (heterozygous cream dilution). Diego also exhibits roaning like his dam. Therefore, Diego can pass on a wide variety of coat colors. Depending on the mare’s genetics, Diego’s offspring could be palomino, black, buckskin, smokey black, cremello, chestnut, blue roan, strawberry roan, smokey black roan, palomino roan, bay roan, etc.
October 2010: Coat close-up
Diego’s yearling coat colors were absolutely fascinating during the spring shedding season. He looked like a different horse almost every day...and he sure loved his toys!
Yearling Diego during spring shedding season (left) and 2-year-old Diego in his winter coat (right)
