He's Ebony And Ivory, aka Slim, TWHBEA # 20601189. Slim was bred by my friends and wonderful folks Lenny and Jim Hanser of Silverwood, MI. Slim says he just loves our KY winters!
Slim is a rare black EXTENSIVE FRAME OVERO! His dam is Art Delight by Art Musuem, who is by Prides Generator. His dam (Art Delight) is a solid black mare with a star. This is for those of you that are unfamiliar with the frame overo. The book, HORSE COLOR EXPLAINED, by Jeanetter Gower, has a chapter in there about overo's. and it shows six different pictures of overo's from a minimal overo to EXTENSIVE FRAME overo. Slim is almost identical to the EXTENSIVE FRAME picture!! There is also an article in the book EQUINE COLOR GENETICS, by Phillip Sponenberg, DVM, PhD about the EXTENSIVE FRAME overo. Dr. Sponenberg, writes: THE WHITE ON THIS HORSE DOES CROSS THE TOPLINE, AS IT WILL ON EXTENSIVLY WHITE FRAME HORSES. Now with all the technical jargon out of the way, let's focus on what a wonderful stallion Slim is and what he can offer the TWH world!!
Slim has the sweetest, calmest disposition that I've ever seen in a stallion. While at the trainer's a twelve year old boy rode him, while the trainer rode a mare. Pretty good for a not quite three year old stallion. He is smooth under saddle, and has good conformation. Slim bred six mares last year, four black mares, and two tobiano's. Three of the black mares are mine, and the first foals have arrived. They are for sale!! I can't promise spots, but I can promise a quality foal. Slim has been tested by UC Davis and he carries a chestnut gene, so he will throw either black, black overo, chestnut or chestnut overo.
Slim got kicked recently and I had a scare that he was seriously hurt.. He is fine now, but I have made the decision not to stand him at public stud..
