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It was Raining Clevies!
by Steffanie Burgevin, Owner of Epona Farm
Many years ago a friend and I sat down with pictures of studs for her leased TB mare, and through some fluke we both decided on a Cleveland Bay, Cholderton Yeoman. The resulting filly, much anticipated, was tall, gangly and had the biggest ears and head I had ever seen (I was mostly a TB kind of gal then), and frankly I was enormously disappointed for my friend. Well, she persisted, throwing her on the trailer to go to every show on the Eastern seaboard, and to every dressage trainer offering clinics. Of course, the mare, registered as Transquaking Sweetbrier (a river in Cambridge MD, and a cute pony in a kid’s book), affectionately called Butthead, grew up with blue ribbons hanging on her stall. And did she grow, finally topping out at 17’3”. My friend decided to devote her life to education, and gave the mare to me, along with a trousseau of top hats, white gloves, size 6 bits, and a dressage saddle. I rode her once and was hooked ...
