09-26-09 Our friends at the BLM paid the entry fee for the Midwest Mustang & Burro Saddle Club to ride in the American Royal Parade in Kansas City. It was a beautiful day for a parade! Randy and I had an extra special day because Isabella has been put back to work promoting mustangs. Dr. Karie Vander Werf who cared for Izzy when she first arrived at KSU came to see her in the parade. :-) What a treat it was to see her again. Enjoy the pictures!!!
For the complete story or Isabella's journey click on the links labeled "Recovery weeks".
Picture by Karie Vander Werf
Group coming down Grand Blvd.
Photo by Karie Vander Werf - this is one of my favorites!!
Photo by Karie Vander Werf
The pictures below are pictures prior to Isabella's incident in March 2009. Isabella is one of our best saddle horses so we hope you enjoy the pictures below when Isabella was in good health.
Isabella was adopted in 2002 as a 2 year old from Buffalo Hills herd management in Nevada. Isabella has spent time promoting the mustangs by appearing at BLM adoptions in the Eastern States region. Since arriving at Tornado Alley Kigers in July 2007 Isabella has had a busy schedule. She has appeared in several parades and a mustang demonstration with the
Midwest Mustang & Burro Saddle Club. Isabella has been through the approval process and has recently been approved to become a
Wild Women of the Frontier horse. Watch for Kristi and Isabella in upcoming Wild Women events.
Randy and Isabella 07-05-07. Isabella's first day at Tornado Alley Kigers. :-)
Isabella is every bit as sweet as she appears!
Three friends watching a beautiful Kansas sunset.
Pictured above are Kristi & Isabella at the Gardner, KS wild horse adoption in 2008. Isabella showed the visitors how sweet a once wild mustang can be. She is a great mare!!!
Isabella is a palomino colored mustang. When we purchased her we were told she was named after her Majesty Isabella de-Bourbon because of her Majesty's love for her golden horses which some people now refer to as "Golden Isabellas". Below you will find a summary of this interesting story.
(Borrowed from the website:
http://www.horses-and-horse-information.com/articles/palomino-horse.shtml) During the days of the Crusades, the Emir Saladin presented Richard-Coeur-de-Lion with two splendid war horses, one was a gray and the other a Golden Palomino. These splendid golden horses were favored by her Majesty Isabella de-Bourbon, that beloved queen who pawned her jewels so that the expenses of the expedition which discovered the New World might be paid. Queen Isabella kept a full hundred of these animals and as the chosen favorites. A commoner was not allowed to even own one. It is recorded that Queen Isabella sent a Palomino stallion and five mares to her Viceroy in New Spain (now Mexico). From there, the blood spread into Texas, and from Texas it came to California.
The word "Palomino" is a Spanish surname. Many feel that Palomino is only a color and not a breed, which is true that the color of Palomino comes in all breeds, but the Palomino of Spanish times, the Golden Dorado, was as close to being a breed as any strain of horse. The Dorado was of Arabic-Moorish-Spanish blood and breeding, closely akin to the Arabian and the Moorish Barb. This point has been noted in an old book and printed in Barcelona in 1774.
The Palomino is a multi-purpose horse. They are admired not only for their beauty but for their versatility, maneuverability, and endurance. They are to be found in ranching, racing, rodeos, pleasure riding, parades, shows, fiestas, jumping, trail rides, and all other equine activities.
Kristi enjoying a ride on her Golden Isabella.