MIRA | 15-YEAR-OLD APPENDIX PAINT MARE | ELIZABETHTOWN, KY

Mira is a 15-year-old Appendix Paint by Treasured Cloud (Paint) out of Tiffany Ice mare Powdered Ice (Thoroughbred). She lives at Wild Rose Equestrian Center in Elizabethtown, Ky., where she and her person Christie trail ride together.

Christie found Mira online about three years ago and says it was clear to everyone the mare was coming home with her — during the test ride, Christie and Mira warmed up in an arena before hitting the trail with Mira’s owner at the time. While they were gone, Christie says her husband went ahead and wrote a check.

Mira is racing-bred on both the sire and the dam’s side, and she has the firey temperament to match.

“Mira is smart, silly, and an exciting ride!” Christie tells us.

Christie has been riding since she was five and owned horses since she was ten years old.

In her three years with Mira, she has learned that the sassy mare goes crazy for carrots, and for as spirited as Mira is, Christie is pretty sure their bond is mutual.

“My favorite memory comes from something so simple,” she tells us. “On occasion Mira will come trotting across the field to me. It means the world to me because it means she craves my companionship as much as I crave hers. It means the bond I feel isn’t only in my head!”