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HE might be a horse of a different colour, but Zippy’s young riders, Mia Scanlan and her sister Farrah, reckon he’s in a class of his own.
He won’t be there, but if he were to put in an appearance at the Spancilhill horse fair — which starts this Friday — Zippy would surely have dealers thinking they were having nightmares. The very idea is enough to make a horse laugh.
The girls were getting aquainted with the 16-month old zebra at their farm at Gurtmagee, Killaloe.
Family friend and horse breeder, Johnny Cross, earned his stripes by breaking the mount, after being told it was impossible to do.
Having bought him from a dealer in Holland a few weeks ago, Johnny says he won’t be racing Zippy just yet — even though he has go-faster stripes!