I was thrilled to see the letter from LarryAnn about Annabell's parentage! I have been searching through my boxes of photos for pictures of her. (One box down and 2 to go!) I also looked at the pictures on the blog and Annie definitely resembled Laddie. I think she is almost a dead-ringer for the picture of Bras D' Or on the allbreedpedigree.com query.
My parents bought the farm they live on in 1982 at the end of Erickson Dike rd. past the fields and barns that were used by Columbia River Associates. I think my Uncle Curt Willson and my mother's best friend's husband Paul Keller may have worked for you guys back in the day.
Anyway, I wanted to give you an idea of how fast Annie was. In January 1985 my Dad clocked me and Annie (10 years old) at 6/10th's of a mile in 44 seconds on gravel and she was barefoot. But, she could maintain speeds like that for upwards of 2 miles. She was something else!
Thanks again to Porter for breeding such an amazing horse! Elina
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Elina, thanks for the pics. I moved a couple of them to your original post. Yes the resemblance to Laddie is certainly evident.
Somewhere - - I have some 1982 or so photos of Sand Bras' last "Willis" foal being born and it's first steps and the foal is a dead ringer for the newborn foal pictures you posted.
Small world ;o)
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