Looking back to July 2009
A LIFETIME WITH HORSES, by Sheila Varian
A Lifetime W ith Ar
Desperado V
abians
by Sh eil a Va ria n I started riding at 8 and rode western a lot until I was in my 20s, showin In looks, wit h his g Farlotta, Ronteza stout con for matio and Bay-Event in the stock horse and n, Desperado was un like his sire, Hu reined cow horse sho ckleberry Bey, jus ws. By the time Desperado V was t as Huck, wit h his cur ves and ref ine foa led in 1986, I wa me nt, had been un lik s stil l showing western, but the em e his sire, Bay El Bey. W hen Despe phasis was on Engli rado was an early sh, since it was the div ision impor tan yea rling, a lady fro Te xas who was int t in the Arabian per m ere sted in pu rchasing formance industry at the time. Don Sev a colt arr ived at the ranch, and era was on the sce we bro ugh ne the t him n, and he and two or three was ver y much a lov other yea rlings to er of the western inf the bar n for her to luence and all things western, wh see. Don had not seen Desperado sin ich was perfect for ce he was weaned, me, tak ing me rig back to my roots. and remembered ht him We are par tners in as a scr uff y colt wit Desperado, who h a winter coat, out when he was foa led playing wit h his pals. It wa fel l nat ura lly into s spr ing, and Despe the western mode, to our delight. rado had filled out and shed out. We clipped and bat hed him, and out from under the lon g and shagg y coat stepped a rea lly 250 | AR AB IAN HO RSE TIM ES
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