"G2" (formerly known as
"Little Gambler"...but it got confusing when he
was bigger than "Big Gambler") is exactly what we've been breeding for. He
has a wonderful disposition: kind, friendly and respectful.
From birth, he demonstrated a keen intelligence and strong desire to please that I
love so much about his sire. He also has the larger bone
structure that I love about his dam.
G2 has
a true running walk with a great backend. He will walk and
shake at both the flatwalk and running walk or you can
tighten him up and do a smooth, sailing saddle gait with
considerable speed. He does these gaits naturally without
the aid of special shoeing. He also has a
beautiful canter. He truly represents the versatility that
the original walking horse was bred for. He proved he could be
competitive in shows and still be a comfortable, smooth and
sane mount for trails or field trials.
He stands 15.3h at 4 years of age and measures to be about
16 hands when fully mature.
Color possibilities: He is heterozygous
for black (Ee) and cream (Cr-) and homozygous for the agouti
(AA). That gives him the same color possibilities that he
sire has. He will never throw a black, smokey black or
smokey cream foal.
Black/Bay/Chestnut mares:
chestnut, bay, palomino, and buckskin foals.
Smokey Black/Buckskin/Palomino
mares: chestnut, bay, palomino, buckskin, cremello, or perlino foals.
Smokey Cream/Perlino/Cremello
mares: palomino, buckskin, cremello, or perlino foals.
Classic/Amber/Gold champagne
mares: chestnut, bay, palomino, buckskin, amber, gold, gold cream, or
amber cream foals.
Bloodlines.
G2's sire is Golden Gambler, one of the best horses
I've ever had the pleasure to ride. Gambler's bloodlines are a unique blend of the western working
bloodlines through his sire, Blue Gold (who goes back to Roy Roger's
own "Trigger Jr." aka
Allen's Gold Zephyr), and the old eastern show
lines through his dam, Cindy's Image-GH. Image was known for
her true walking horse gaits and lovely disposition. Her
sire was by Ebony Masterpiece and dam by
Triple
Threat.
G2's dam,
Pippi White
Stockings (barefoot at 18 years of age in the
video at below) is one of the best palomino mares
I've ever found. I searched the whole country
hoping to find the perfect mare to breed to Gambler and try
for a colt to eventually replace him. Golden Gambler was
getting older (and while I sincerely hope to have many more
years of riding and memories) and the thought of not having a
replacement was really starting to concern me. I put out
feelers and scoured the web looking for a mare. Not just any
mare, mind you...I wanted a dark palomino or buckskin; at
least one agouti; 100% smooth, natural gaits; 16+h; STELLAR
disposition; intelligent; willing; good bone and muscle...no
short order, but that was what I needed. I scoured the
country for five years before
Lacey Musselman called to let me know
that her friends, Rick & Lindsey Payette, were getting ready
to move to South America and wouldn't be able to take along
their amazing mare,
Pippi White
Stockings aka "Kate." I immediately called and
set up an appointment to go see her. It was love at first
ride and I bought her the same day. It was absolutely love
at first ride. Kate's easy, effortless running walk was just
perfect. She strolls like a walking horse should. No
shoes...no rider effort...just natural. She has a to-die-for
true running walk with a headshake that comes from reach,
not gimmicks.
She is a lady in the truest sense of the word. She has polite,
genteel manners. She is never pushy or rude. Her demeanor is
just perfection: pleasant, content and calm. She is a
professional when it comes to riding. Even with foals in tow
and chaos around her, she stays focused on her rider. She is
out of a great minded, swingy gaited, enormous palomino son
of Gen's Armed and Dangerous,
Gen's Armed & Golden TF, whose color lines
comes from the rare but excellent quality Wilson Strollin
Gold. Kate's dam,
Porcelain Rose was a square gaited cremello
mare from the lines of
Chance's Goldust H and the great
John A's
Chance.
G2's bloodlines are also unique in that he does not trace back to
The Pusher C.G., Jose Jose, Jazz Man or other modern stallions
(Gen's
Armed and Dangerous being the only modern stallion in
his pedigree.) This makes him an EXCELLENT outcross for
mares who are heavily linebred to those stallions.
The Tennessee Stud When "G2" was born, he had light grey/green
eyes. As he does not have a champagne parent (and therefore no
champagne gene) I expected them to darken within a week or
two. They did darken, but have stayed a medium grey/green
for a couple of months, which
reminded me of a song that I love: The Tennessee Stud. Hence
his name.
Breeding Information.
G2's stud fee is $650/LFG and mare care is
$15/day or $300/mo (pasture board) when at home.
We can do shipped semen
through Equine Reproduction Concepts when he is at home. You have to call and
register in advance and they require 24 hours notice to us
on the schedule for collection. Their fees are paid
directly to them and can be seen here:
Cooled Semen Fees.
There is a $125/trip hauling fee payable to Westwood Farms
(so we can pay the hauler) for each collection when using
shipped semen.
E-mail us or call Stephanie at 540-825-1300 for more information
on breeding to G2.
Little Gambler on 3-26-2018. Measuring
15.2h barefoot and still growing.