Bonjour from Louise

Bonjour - my name is Louise and I'm sooooooooooooooo beauuuuuuuuuutiful. I'm a gorgeous chesnut with blond highlights, a white star and one white foot. I think I'm named after a character from the film Thelma referred to, played by another gorgeous redhead called Susan Sarandon.

I like to think I'm French because my mother is called Francophilia and my grandmother, who raced in France, was called Entente Cordiale. I also have a half brother who is racing at the moment, with great success, and his name is Quai D'Orsay - so I would be very at home at Longchamps with time for a bit of shopping in downtown Paris afterwards! My Mum's Dad, Lomitas had a great career in Germany so with all these continental connections I'm definitely pro-Europe.

I was born on 26th April (star sign Taurus) so I'm nearly six weeks younger than Thelma and, as you can see from my photo, at bit smaller. She bullies me and bites my backside but I don't mind - I'll soon catch up and turn the tables on her because I'm not only beautiful but I've also got character (according to the Gaffer). We share the same Dad so I think I'm just as well-bred as Thelma but I take after my mother who is another gorgeous chesnut - is there a theme here?

My groom is the Vickster, a pretty slip of a girl, with whom I am bonding very well. I like to nibble the peak of her hard hat while she's grooming me and I play a game with her out in the field of walking off just as she's going to grab my headcollar. Its great fun - but it seems to get her rather cross, so I only do it occasionally now just to show her who's boss. She picked my foot up the other day and I lost my balance and sort of capsized - the Gaffer said with balance like that I'd never get around Tattenham Corner, wherever that is.


I'm in the box next to Thelma and we can chat and gossip over the divider but I find her rather dull at night. She tends to eat for England and likes to go to bed early - borrrrrring! I, on the other hand, nibble for France and am quite active at night, staying up late and making a terrible mess of my bedding. The Vickster complains every morning, wondering what I've been up to. I might tell you if you log in next week.

Au revoir - Louise