Full Sulphur Filly, Desert Honey's 2009 Photos

Desert Honey is going to be a BEAUTIFUL one-of-a-kind Sulphur mare

After the next shedding, her legs will be black, and she will be a grulla with bi-coloring and lots of stripes. The yellow stripe in her mane is not really yellow, but whitish as in many duns, grullas and in 95 % or more of Sorraias. It's what we refer to as bi-coloring."  (HO)

Honey's stripes are starting to show through the winter fuzz. Honey has "Cleopatra Eye liner" and beauty marks (tear drops) on her cheeks on each of her cheeks.

Photos from July 2008

Fuzzy winter photos from November 2008

The 2001, study is looking into the relationship (if any) between the Iberian (Spanish and Portuguese) breeds.  As the Sulphurs are a recognized Iberian breed (Old World blood) now found in the New World they were included in this study. Honey's mother, Sundance Desert Cielo and Honey's maternal Grandmother, Sulphur's Cinnamon, was tested and found to carry the Iberian/Barb 1 Sul mtDNA pattern.  As mtDNA is passed in the maternal lines all dams, grand-dams, sisters, female siblings and daughters to these horses will also have the same patterns.    Dr. Cothran's Chart

Dad, Sulphur Prince in the pasture. Mom, Sundance Desert Cielo and the filly, Desert Honey

Birth Photos on March 29, 2008

March 29, 2008, Early Saturday morning, Cielo gave birth to a beautiful fuzzy filly.  All clean and pretty! Both are doing fine. The foal, sound asleep, with mom standing over her watching her sleep. Cielo handled her first birthing just fine. The only help she rec'd was from the geldings.