Thoroughbred
Date of Birth: 1996
Sex: Mare
Breed: Thoroughbred
Color: Chestnut (copper red)
Markings: Star and stripe on face, stockings on left front andright hind legs
STARR
(She’s a Starr)
Starr is introspective, protective, and a mother-goddess. Before her arrival at Flag Ranch, Starr was a broodmare who had birthed two foals. Her former owner, the California Thoroughbred breeder Harris Ranch, sent Starr, who was eight-months pregnant at the time, along with her friend Skye, also eight months pregnant, to auction to reduce the size of his herd.
Neither horse was bought at the auction and likely would have been slaughtered, babies in utero. Thankfully, a Southern California horse rescue contacted us about the pair and we eagerly took them in. In May 2006 Starr birthed a filly, whom we named Confieme (aka Emie). Mother and daughter continue to live their lives together in our herd, as do mothers and daughters in the wild.
Starr gave us an extraordinary gift, not only in her beautiful daughter, but in allowing us to witness and assist in Emie’s birth. Most mares birth their foals under the cover of night without any others around. It’s a longer story, but we swear Starr waited for us.