06/03/2025
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🎉🐴 Happy 23rd Birthday to my heart horse, LB Miss Driftwood 🐴🎉
I’ve had this beautiful mare in my life since 2015, and from the moment she stepped off that trailer, something just clicked. We’ve never needed many words between us—LB and I share a bond that runs deep, the kind only few truly understand. When I’m with her, my heart feels full in a way that’s hard to put into words.
LB has blessed me with five incredible colts, each one strong, athletic, and full of heart—just like their momma. She’s the kind of mare who takes motherhood seriously: she loves hard, protects fiercely, and somehow teaches her babies to trust and love us humans. Being a mom is her greatest joy, and I’ve been so lucky to witness it over the years.
Just yesterday, I loaded her and one of her daughters, HC Driftwood Rose, and hauled them down to Bent E Quarter Horses to visit Bluestem Vaquero, a fine stallion who just so happens to be 23 too. LB’s already had three of his colts, and this breeding may be her last… so I’m praying real hard and wishing on her favorite peppermint treat for one more gift—my dream horse—a healthy blue roan filly that looks just like her! What a blessing that would be. 💖
She was 13 when she came to me, never broke to ride, but the time I’ve spent with her—grooming her, loving her, raising her babies together—those memories mean everything to me.
Thank you, LB, for being my rock, my heart, and my greatest teacher.
And thank you to my dad, Andy Loughrey, for putting her in my life and kickstarting my journey in the horse business.
And to my amazing mom, Connie Hoyt, thank you for loving her and caring for her and the little ones when I can’t be there.
Here’s to LB Miss Driftwood—my once-in-a-lifetime mare. 💕
~ Clippity Clop