Julia MC: A Mare with All the Moves

Q. What’s your full name?
A. My name is Julia MC, and I am a Dutch Warmblood dressage horse.

Q. How would you describe your personality?
A. Sometimes I hear the humans calling me “that snooty mare,” but I don’t exactly know what that means. I would describe myself as beautiful, fancy, talented and special.

Q. What’s your favorite vacation spot?
A. My mom takes me to Rancho Murieta Equestrian Center a lot. When we go there, I have to work a little bit, but then I get to eat grass and visit with my friends.

Q. What’s your favorite park or place to play or roam?
A. My favorite place to go is anywhere with grass to eat.

Q. Do you have a guilty pleasure?
A. I don’t feel guilty about pleasure.

Q. What’s your naughtiest deed?
A. Well, I do feel a bit sorry for this one. My mom took me to a horse show and in the middle of my test I decided to rear up and dump her and then gallop around the show grounds. But in the end, I did let her catch me and finish the test, so maybe it wasn’t so bad?

Q. Do you have an equine obsession?
A. Myself. I wish they would put a mirror in my stall so I could admire my pretty face.

Q. What’s your favorite, most wonderful treat?
A. I love, love, love apples, carrots, cookies, bananas, gooey German muffins and peppermints. One thing I do is pin my ears back and look fierce when the humans walk by. That way they give me treats so I’ll put my ears back up. Works like a charm.

Q. Where do you go to get pampered, your favorite treatment, and why do you love it so?
A. Cara is my masseuse and she gives me full body massages. She doesn’t give me treats, though, which she really should.

Q. What would you like everyone to know about you?
A. So, I do this thing where I pick up my legs very high and kind of prance around. It makes the humans clap and say, “Wow! Nice piaffe!” whatever that is. Anyway, I like doing it, since it makes them very happy. I can do lots of other fancy things.

Q. Where were you born?
A. I was born in California and my mom found me at DG Bar Ranch when I was three. My horsie mother is a Grand Prix horse named Graceful Times and my daddy, Idocus, competed in the Olympics.

Q. Who is your human parent?
A. My human mom is “Mom,” but I’ve heard other humans call her Mahala.