Our Choctaw foals have taken up much of the discussion for the past several weeks, but we also had a pure Corolla filly born to Baton Rouge. She might end up bringing some very important traits to our program. Her grand father was Cyclops, the one eyed dominant stallion who maintained a large harem in the wild for many years. Her full uncle is Samson. She carries his marking.
To one degree or another all of the Banker horses are gaited. Most shuffle or single foot. Samson has the running walk of a Tennessee Walker and a peculiar canter like gait. Samson is also taller than most wild born Corollas. His body type is leaner than the average Corolla.
The only other Corolla that I know of that has that body type is Abigail's horse, Little Hawk. Neither Samson or Little Hawk remain stallions. For the future of the strain, I hope that Sankofa will preserve all of Samson's great traits.
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