MASHA'S
PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES:
INSPECTED &
CLASSIFIED
BODY TYPE:
REFINED & ELEGANT - 56" (14.0 h)
BODY COLOR: GOLDEN CHESTNUT
MANE & TAIL:
PURE WHITE & WAVY
FACE MARK:
LIGHTENING BOLT STRIPE/NO PINK ON NOSE
Masha is the second mare we imported from Austria. Her dam, Madeira
achieved "Elite mare status" when she scored 81 points at
her Inspection and
Classification in Austria. Masha's sire is the famous Austrian stallion, Archimedes.
Archimedes sired several "approved" stallions in
Austria and many 2000 World Show class winners. Unfortunately, Archimedes died after only a few breeding seasons, just as he was
being recognized as a producer of excellent foals. This makes
his offspring very valuable.
Masha arrived in the United States on April
27th, 2001 and we brought her home from UC Davis on May 15th, after being
quarantined there for 14 days. Masha was born 9 weeks early, when her mother was startled by
fireworks. The previous owner, Anne Nikolussi, milked her dam,
Madeira, every 20 minutes and
bottle-fed Masha for 4 days, before she was strong enough to stand and nurse on her
own. Needless to say, with all that early handling, Masha loves people.
Before leaving Austria, Masha was bred to
Standschutz, for a 2002 foal. Within his first foal crop to
reach 3 years old (breeding age), Standschutz had 2 sons
"approved" for breeding, under the very strict
Inspection & Classification system used for Austrian breeding
stallions . Masha delivered her
first foal, a handsome colt on March 22, 2002. We named him
"Styleschutz". More pictures of Styleschutz can be seen on
this website on the "Stallions" page. In
September 2001, when Masha was 6 month pregnant, we presented her
for Inspection & Classification. Although the judges
wrote very nice comments about her attributes, Masha was having a
"pregnant day". She was too laid back to show
brilliance, presence or the good movement she is capable of. Masha
has such a calm nature, that when they waved plastic bags at her,
encouraging her to show her best movement, she just stood there
and looked at them, as if to say, "What's wrong with you; are
you crazy?" She received 8's (very good) in 8 out of 10
categories. But this was the year, they "averaged" the 3
judges scores, and Masha didn't quite reach a "Silver"
rating. However, when I look at her colt, Styleschutz, and watch
his exquisite movement, I realize Masha produced one of the best
foals ever born at our facility.
In March 2003, we
started Masha's riding training. In 2005, we started ground
driving Masha in preparation for cart training. She is doing very well
in both disciplines and looks
forward to being taken out of her paddock to work and learn her
jobs. Masha loves to be groomed, is good with the
farrier, can be bathed, clipped, and vacuumed. She traveled
many hours on an airplane, during her trip from Austria, and has been
trailered thousands of miles since. She accepts everything new
very calmly. |
