The Story of Curly Sue

Curly Sue is a 9 yr old red dun mare. She has never been owned by anyone outside of our family.

Many years ago when my brother-in-law Jim owned Rose he bred Rose to a stallion named Flashy Kandi Man and Curly Sue was born in 1998. Curly Sue’s registered name is Otoes Flashy Moon. Jim’s daughter gave Curly Sue her barn name when she was born, because she had a little curl in her forelock.

Curly Sue was broke to ride by Jim. When Curly Sue was 3 or 4 Jim sold her to his niece Anna. Anna was in high school and very interested in barrel racing. Curly Sue was Anna’s second horse. Anna owned Curly Sue for a couple of years, rode her and enjoyed her. Then the time came for college and Anna was looking to sell her. They asked if we were interested, and of course we were. We headed to Sour Lake to buy Curly Sue in the summer of 2004. We hauled Retro and Rose with us to Sour Lake (near Beaumont) to stay a couple days, visit family and go for a ride on the beach, then bring all three horses home.

When we arrived at our family’s house we turned Rose and Retro out into Curly Sue’s pasture. Retro, being Retro, would not let Curly Sue near Rose! Rose was Retro’s women and he was protecting her. If Rose tried to go over to say hello to her daughter, Curly Sue, Retro would run over between them and chase Curly Sue away. Of course Retro lost a shoe in the process and had to come home without one.

One week later Retro got a crush on Curly Sue and put her at the top of his list above Rose! Retro is fickle. He now loves all his mares equally. He protects Cadbury too! Retro has matured since then. LOL!

Curly Sue has become a wonderful lesson horse and Amor Ranch enjoys her very much.