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Giffy

Age............26

Size: 12.2hh (50")

Colour:  Chestnut

Born: 

possibly in Wales

Here she is looking very smart in her brown saddle blanket and new orange and yellow browband.

She is showing off her little black eyebrows and lovely black-tipped pointed ears and demonstrating the swishing tail that shows she's a mule.

 Mules and donkeys swish their tails every time they think a thought - and mules are very good at thinking.

 

So how can you see that she is a mule?

A mule has a horse mother and a donkey father. 

Her ears are smaller than a donkey's but larger than a horse's.

Her feet are smaller than a horse's but larger than a donkey's.

She has a donkey mane but a horse tail.

She gets her chestnut colour and lively nature from the horse but her white nose and cleverness from the donkey.

She has a donkey shoulder stripe but its upside down!

Ready for a Ride

Gingerfigs is the small lady mule.

She is usually called 'Giffy' because its easier to say and because, being a fast mule, she gets where she's going 'in a jiffy'.

She needs an experienced rider or she will go rushing off wherever she pleases!

Giffy

Out for a Drive

This is what Giffy likes doing best - pulling the little cart that was made specially for her and has her name on the back.

When she is doing this she is very well behaved, not afraid of anything and loves to go exploring.

Remus and Giffy

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