AVALANCHE

     An avalanche of colour is what we expect to get from our four year old stallion Annandale's Avalanche. Category: Ghost Horse.
     Demonstrating a strong "shuffle" gait from the day he was born, we are pleased to announce that his first foal from our gaited mares, has fulfilled all our expectations for gait and exotic color.
     Ghost Horses are invaluable because they have inherited two copies of the leopard complex gene and will always give one to any of their foals.
    We thought you might enjoy seeing an avalanche of photos showing some of the Ghost Horses within our Tiger Horse breed and which we once owned. Avalanche was bred by Vicki Rizzo who was kind enough to let us have him when just 6 months of age.

Shown as a three year old playing with Annandale's True Brave.

                       NOW THAT'S STALLION QUALITY!!!


	(right) This gorgeous animal is Annandale's Eagle Feather. She now belongs to the Marshalls in NC. There are two Ghost Horse categories. This type is known as the "Ghost Horse Leopards" which never change their spots (they usually have one or two spots on one side of their body and some roaning on their front ends and legs) and another type known as Snowcap Ghosts (below). Eagle Feather was one of my favorites as she is exceptionally fond of humans and quite the lover snuggling her muzzle into one's neck and apparently enjoying how we smell. This type however, does not readily welcome newcomers into the herd. Notice that although she has dark legs, her hooves are amber in color. That's a trademark of the Ghost Horse in either category. Leopard Ghosts share another similarity. They prefer to "shuffle" which is a kind of 4-beat "jog trot." It is a faster ride than the jog-trot but just as smooth to sit. This similarity suggests that their gait is linked to their color. They are also broader in their build, even next to same sex full siblings.




	Always regal, the Leopard Ghost Horses are very protective of their human and stable mates provided you "ask" and not "force" their trust.

(left) This gorgeous filly is Annandale's Bold Eagle, the Snowcap variety. They usually get a big white blanket without any spots. Born with lots of basecoat color around the head and neck, this will eventually roan to show lots of white flecking. Both types manes and tales usually turn white upon maturity. The peculiar thing here is the Snowcap Ghosts have a much stronger middle gait than their Leopard Ghost counterparts. Others believe that the Snowcap Ghosts will produce a wider variety of colorful foals at birth, and not have to wait for them to change as they mature. We don't have any data to confirm or deny those claims.

		(below This is Annandale's Storyteller sire of the Ghost mares above. He was our most influential foundation stallion and helped to put Annandale AND Tigre on the Tiger Horse map. Currently address unknown.




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	(above) A Leopard Ghost Horse leads the "shuffle" while a pair of Snowcap Ghosts bring up the rear. These 3 Annandale mares now belong to Rosalie Marley of Nebraska. The two mares in the rear were caught in perfect rhythem and performing the shuffle gait which closely resembles the jog-trot but faster.

(left) This is Annandale's Ghost Story who now belongs to the Marshalls in NC. (below) "Casper" who is a son of Ghost Story and a TWH mare shows off his exotic color and lovely middle gait. This is what you might expect from a Leopard Ghost Horse who will always deliver on color. Casper no doubt inherited color from his sire and gait from his TWH dam. Had he been a filly, he would have been a "shuffler" like his sire.

(left) This cutie is Annandale's Ghost Wind as a foal. He came from an Indian Pony mare named Cheetah and is very stocky in build. All of his foals are colourful and athletic. Some of them quite large. He belongs now to Marcella Cloud in Colorado

(right) A painting of a Chinese hunting horse He bears an amazing likeness to modern day "Tigers."

(below) Here is an interesting comparison for you to make. The mare is A.Redman's Summer Breeze and now belongs to Jennifer McConnaghy of Oklahoma. Her foal Annandale's Gray Wolf who now belongs to Charlie and Carol Phillips of Maryland, like his dam, was born with a small splash of feathered white on the rump. Today "Breeze" is what we call a "Varnish Roan" not to be mistaken for a Ghost Horse, and her beautiful bay colt Gray Wolf is a spotted Lavender or "Blue" roan today. The roans are full of surprises as they tend to be born with one pattern but then can completely change.

(below) This is Annandale's Pegasus who now belongs to Drew Kesling of Indiana and proving to be an amazing long distance horse. "Pegs" is an orphan whose dam died within an hour of his birth and I had the wonderful pleasure of raising him as a human. Here we are in the garage waiting to greet my friend Marilyn Blair who owns Other Way Tiger Horse Ranch in Grannis Arkansas. Marilyn owned Storyteller after we did, and as did we, used him to produce many colorful foals. Story's current address unknown.


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