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show results
25 miles East of San Antonio off IH-10 • Seguin, Texas
Gulf Coast donkey & mule association
BOARDING:
show big success in san antonio
• Stalls with 40-foot runs • 2-acre turn-outs with sheds
The San Antonio exceed our expectations
• 800 acres of land available for range riding
Donkey and Mule Show, Sanc- each year. What a great
tioned by Gulf Coast Donkey crew! One worker travels
and Mule ASSociation, held all the way from Florida
Lessons: Training:
February 16
th
& 17
th
, 2009 at each year just to volun-
the San Antonio Stock Show teer at this show, and
• Riding • Roping • Horses Started
and judged by Sandy Jirkovsky most especially so that
she can work with the
• Horses Available
was a big success.
• Tune-Ups This show continues donkeys and mules. They
to grow in numbers, especially love this show as much
Sales:
with the large animals, and we as we do!
• Buyer’s Agent • Seller’s Agent
want to thank all the exhibitors For most of the
who attended. GCDMA is GCDMA officers this is a
proud to announce that this very easy show, but not for all.
as the ring steward for the past
iature Donkey). Congratula-
year’s San Antonio show was We wish to extend a special
two years at our ADMS National
tions Cody!
a great success! Thank You to Rose Jones, our
Show, where he served as a vol-
We also want to rec-
The San Antonio show secretary, for organiz-
unteer with his 4-H group. This
ognize Weston Shefcik, who
staff is beyond comparison in ing and working this show.
young man spent many hours
won the Reserve title for the
their organization of this show, Her jobs are numerous, and
of hard work going to different
scholarship. We had several
and their courtesy toward ex- without her we just couldn’t
locations to take lessons from the
youth competing for this award,
Call Kyle Kelso at 830-481-7519
hibitors and spectators. These do it. Not only is she indis-
owners of the three animals he
and we hope that number will
guys and gals really know pensable, but she does it all
showed, and never seemed to tire
increase as more people be-
what it takes to make a show with a smile. We also wish to
of the schedule. He showed all
come aware of the program.
Credentials & Additional Information Available on Request.
run smoothly, and they greatly thank Page Bishop for work-
three animals with the confidence
This is the only scholarship that
ing the computer at the show.
and ability of a professional, and
we know of for donkeys and
A special thanks also goes to
walked away with three titles
mules! The youth scholarship
Tex Taylor for helping with
in addition to the scholarship.
is based on total points for the
Paddocks
trail patterns, and to David
The three animals he showed
whole show, for each youth
Sessum for helping us work
were: Judiciass, owned by Mon-
exhibitor. We congratulate and
the show.
ica Bishop (Reserve Champion
applaud all the youth exhibitors
Horse Barns
The spotlight of the
Youth Mule), Laptop, owned
at San Antonio! Well done!
San Antonio show goes to
by Jessica Scoggins (Champion
For complete results
Cody Wellman, who won the
Youth Donkey), and Little Chief,
for the San Antonio show,
Covered Arenas
$10,000.00 scholarship. Some
owned by Li’l Angels Miniature
please visit our website at www.
of you may recognize Cody
Donkeys (Champion Youth Min-
GCMDA.org.
color genetics
color wheel with prism
breeding grey paint to a black
quarter horse
Dear Prism, Dun) but we don’t know if he
When bred to a red roan she
I bred my buckskin inherited two Dun genes or just
threw a blue roan colt.
mare to a homozygous bay the one. We also don’t know
When crossed with
stallion what do you think what his black status is – did he
the sorrel, what will most likely
my foal will be? Thurman, inherit 2 black genes? Or only
get? – Thanks, Stan, submitted
Submitted via HorseGazette. one? All of that will play a role
via HorseGazette.com
com in what you can expect. Not
knowing any more you would
Stan,
Thurman, get a Sorrel, Black, Bay, Dun, or
Well we know your
Homozygous for Grullo with a 50% chance of the
mare did not inherit the roan
what? A lot of things can foal inheriting the roan gene from
genetics (Roan like Dun will
be affected by a horse being the dam. - Prism
never skip a generation) so
“homozygous” for a given
breeding her to a sorrel, your
trait. Homozygous for black Dear Prism,
color choices would be Sorrel,
– you’ll never get a red I have a bay mare that
Black or Bay. - Prism
based foal. Homozygous for I want to breed to a palomino
Agouti – you’ll never get a stallion, her sire is a red roan
Dear Prism,
black foal. Homozygous and her dam is a buckskin. What
What color can I ex-
for Tobiano? Baby will color do you think the foal will
pect from my Chestnut mare
always be a paint. The be? Kailin, submitted via Hor-
bred to a Silver grulla stallion?
term homozygous needs to seGazette.com
Thanks, Suzi Tyler, submitted
be applied in specific terms
via HorseGazette.com
to help understand what Kailin,
the crosses will be. If both We know that your
Suzi,
parents are “heterozygous” mare did not get the roan gene or
Chestnut is homozy-
for black you can add a the dilute gene from her parents
gous for Red and Grulla (re-
sorrel or palomino to the – she did get the black gene and
gardless of the shade of Grulla)
mix. Your mare’s genetics at least one agouti gene. We
is black plus Dun. In the case
are equally important and also know that she carries only
of the Silver Grullo stud – he
need to be factored into the one black gene (daddy was a red
has another gene at work as
equation. - Prism roan and didn’t have a black gene
well. You color choices would
to give to the offspring). We also
be Sorrel/Chestnut, Red Dun,
World Champion with Jim Young in Amateur Aged Stallions
Dear Prism, know the stallion is Palomino
Black, Grullo, Bay or Classic
A red roan Quarter which is sorrel plus one dilute
Dun. - Prism
mare with a red roan dam & gene. So the foal could be a
Ryan Henderson, Reserve World Champion, Open Aged Stallions
a blue roan sire was bred to Sorrel, Palomino, Black, Bay,
a grulla stud with 2 grulla and Buckskin. - Prism
parents what color will the
foal be? – Venice, Submitted Dear Prism,
JMK Mega Fella, Owned by Jim Young & Cindy Garrett of Cuero, Tx via HorseGazette.com I have a black mare
(with shades of brown) that I
You can view more
Venice, would like to breed to a sorrel
questions/answers online at
Terry or Ryan Henderson • P. O. Box 115 • Stockdale, Texas 78160
Since your mare is stud. She is out of a blue roan
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stud is a grullo (black plus dun marked colt that turned bay.
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