I’m sure many of you are aware of the clone wars that have ensued recently between the American Quarter Horse Association and owners/breeders of cloned horses. If not, you can read about it here, but it brought back memories of my own sport horse clone encounter.

Shortly after being weaned, my homebred Hannah went to live in the big back field at my trainer’s north Houston area farm. Although not a breeder himself, he happened to have three similar-aged weanlings in his care that year and suggested turning Hannah out with them to mature physically and socially. In this baby herd were two tall, outgoing bays bred for future show jumping stardom. Then there was flashy chestnut Hannah and her liver chestnut buddy Gem–the more passive runts of the pasture that quickly bonded. The two of them were always in tandem, and calling Hannah to the fenceline for a neck scratch or a carrot meant doing the same for Gem.

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