Three-day-old Favory Bionda stretches his legs as Herd and Breeding Manager Arturo Novoa leads the little Lipizzan colt’s mother, Bionda, at Tempel Farms in Old Mill Creek near Wadsworth. Program Director Esther Buonanno watches. (John Starks | Staff Photographer)
A small, special new horse felt the sunshine for the first time Friday, and he liked it.
The rare Lipizzan colt was born last week at Tempel Farms in Old Mill Creek, near Wadsworth in Lake County. On Friday, his third day, he was led to a pasture by herd and breeding manager Arturo Novoa and spent the next half-hour jumping and running circles around his mother. After seeing mom roll in the soft grass, the foal clumsily duplicated the feat.
Mother and son were joined in the pasture by another colt born four weeks ago.
“He doesn’t know what he’s doing yet,” program director Esther Buonanno said. “He’s running around and finding his legs and being adorable.”
He also found the long whiskers around his mouth and used his pink tongue to feel them so much that Novoa rounded him up to make sure nothing was wrong. “He just likes his whiskers,” Novoa said.
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