Joy is a wonderfully balanced mare with impressive athletic talent.  She wasn't started under saddle until she was in her late teens, but she has enjoyed learning to carry a rider.  Joy spent the summer of 2003 in VA at Misty Ridge Farm  being bred to AF Vanitys Repeat, a magnificent aged son of the renowned *Silver Vanity.  Joy was confirmed in foal 28 days post ovulation.  10/01/03 UPDATE:  Joy was no longer pregnant when rechecked at 70 days.  
 
Joy's dam was a daughter of Silver Vanity so this foal would have been line-bred to Silver Vanity.  AF Joyva and AF Vanitys Repeat were both bred by Doc Artress so this foal  would also have been a concentration of his breeding program.  

  04/27/04 UPDATE:  Joy's uterine biopsy revealed that she has less than a 10% chance to carry a foal to term.   We are disappointed that we are unlikely to get a foal out of this spectacular mare. We are considering using embryo transfer in 2005 to try to get one foal from this exquisite mare.
  05/14/05 UPDATE:  We are working with the Equine Reproduction Laboratory  at Colorado State University to attempt to get a foal by embryo transfer!!   
06/12/05 UPDATE: Joy developed a uterine infection during the second cycle that we attempted to breed and collect an embryo.  We have treated the infection, but will cease any further attempts to breed her.  She will now become my primary riding horse and will also serve as a companion to weanlings and other youngstock.  I hope to have some fun showing her in some dressage classes over the next few years.

Joy is a compact mare with a balanced and uphill conformation that is evident whether she is in motion or standing still.

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