Show Name: Pembrokeshire Nutmeg

Nicknames: Nutmeg, Meg, Meggie

Age: 14 years old

Breed: Welsh Cob (Section D)

Gender: Mare

Height: 15 hh

Colour

Pelt: Flaxen Liver Chestnut

Eyes: brown

Markings: blaze, 4 white stockings

Mane/tail: flaxen blonde

Relatives

Sire: Pembrokeshire Walnut

Dam: Rosehip Duchess

Siblings: many half siblings

Relation to Spirit: She was transported in the train by the same men who were responsible for Spirit and the Lakota horses, when they were transported to the railway lines to work

Family & Friends

Stallion: Golden Heart

Foals: Open

Herd: Golden Heart's Herd

Rank: Mare

Friends: Vision, Layla,Open

Enemies: None yet

Personality:

Nutmeg is a friendly, spirited mare with a melodious Welsh accent. She’s intelligent and trustworthy, with a sweet, even temperament. But she can get quite drastic mood swings, and she can be particularly temperamental when she’s in heat. Thanks to her luxurious lifestyle, Nutmeg can be something of a diva, insisting on comfort and her own way. But she’s normally warm-hearted and amenable with others. With plenty of endurance and soundness characteristic of her breed, she’s very adaptable, and can survive in most environments.

Likes:

Her stable, driving in harness, Wales, winning, her children, friendly mares, being a mother

Dislikes:

Bandits, hot dry weather, being alone, venomous snakes

History:

Nutmeg was born in the valleys of Wales, in the British Isles. Her father was a champion driving horse, her mother a fine broodmare. As hoped, Nutmeg inherited her father’s flare and talent for driving in harness, and she was sold at the age of 4 to the highest bidder; an American couple who intended to compete with her professionally. They shipped her out to New York, where they owned a stable yard in the north of the state. For 5 years Nutmeg lived in luxury, taking her master and mistress out every day for a drive, and competing in nationwide events. Like her famous father, Nutmeg won many ribbons and even a few trophies, all to the delight of her owners.

But one day disaster struck. Whilst out in her field one night, Nutmeg was stolen. A massive search was organised, but the mare was never found. Her owners were devastated, and even though they had her insured against theft, they regretted not breeding from her whilst they still had her. As for the men who stole Nutmeg, they obviously couldn’t compete with her themselves, as she’d be recognised, but they planned to breed from her and sell her offspring as prize driving horses. Nutmeg had 3 foals whilst she was with the men, and she was arranged to have another by a Section D stallion in Utah.

In those days, there was no such thing as artificial insemination. Horses had to breed naturally, and that normally meant the mare travelling to the stallion to be covered before returning to her home. Nutmeg was loaded into a travelling box on the train and sent on her way to Utah. Onboard the train were many other mares. Nutmeg was secured next to a young dun named Vision.  Neither would arrive at their intended destinations. Shortly after arriving in the West of America, a group of bandits held up the train and robbed it. Heading through the carriages looking for loot, they threw open the door to Nutmeg’s box. The mare was spooked by the appearance of the masked men, and she bolted, ripping out the tthers securing her and Vision. Before anyone could stop them, Nutmeg and Vision leapt from the train and galloped off widely into the open plains, where they met a dark grulla mare who took them into her herd. For a while the herd didn't have a stallion to protect them or breed with them, but the grulla was a good lead mare and looked after the other mares well. Eventually a chestnut stallion named Golden Heart joined their herd and took on the role of herd stallion.

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