Mare

  Well, horse people being the penny-pinching tightwads they are, the gelding I was originally looking at has sold (Was going to give $3,000 for him, but then they found someone that would spend $500 more. Que sera sera.). However, this may be a good thing- I found a 6 year old mare who's 16 hands, her dam was a TBxPerch, and her sire was a Warmblood. She's doing training level Dressage, and has been jumped up to 2'6. She's also being sold for $1,500 OBO. In other words, she's perfect. She's a light bay, with a near fore white coronet, and the most adorable star/stripe/snip (Excluding Spirit's fabulous facial markings, of course). I adore horses with star/stripe/snips. Not that I'm prejudice, or anything ;)
   She's up in BC, so we may have to get our passports so they don't think we're terrorists, provided her owners can't drive 15 miles to get across the border. She is, quite literally, 15 miles from the border. Darned border laws.
   Anyways, wish me luck. She seems like she could be the one...
Later:
Reviewing the pictures sent to me, she's rather coon footed. I've emailed the owner asking if there's any history of DSLD or anything in her lineage. Also asked if she'd be able to hold up to the rigors of Eventing. I'm about to say "Screw this" and give up on the horse hunt and just get a job as a catch rider xD Ah well. I'm sure it will work out eventually.