Nottingham Hollow’s Black Velvet is the second female sired by Thistledown’s Angus of Argyll. Black Velvet’s dam, Miss Wise Obsession is a proven half-Peruvian black beauty out of two black parents, has lovely crimpy fiber, very nice conformation and a rare bloodline.
Born on December 30, 2006, this girl has personality and presence as well as great conformation. Her full brother, Nottingham Hollow's Dougal was born on December 11, 2007. Black Velvet grew up over night! She is very attentive to him and joins her dam in watching over him.
Black Velvet has grown into a stately female who is friendly and easy to handle. She is the spittin' image of her dam, another true black beauty at Nottingham Hollow. We expect Velvet to follow in the tradition of her dam in the mothering department having plenty of milk and allowing her crias to grow big and strong earning them nick names such as "Tank" & "Super Tanker". This has been a very healthy line with only routine annual vet care to date.
On November 21, 2009 Velvet gave birth to her first cria! It's a girl, a little dark brown beauty. The birth was unassisted and somewhat unexpected as it was only day 328 of her gestation. Dam and cria (Autumn Bliss) did wonderfully. Black Velvet was bred with Nottingham Hollow's Friar Tuck, a Light Fawn male out of DAFI Tabitha (WH) and Knight of Camelot (TB). We are quite excited that Tuck has thrown such a dark color!
Velvet was bred to Mada Vemi's Amerikhan Legend for her second cria, a true black female named Dreaming Dragon's Amerikhan Mischief.
She was bred with Charmed Mark Anthony in the spring of 2013. This was Mark's first attempt at breeding and we weren't sure if he was going to be able to perform. Velvet didn't show any signs of being pregnant but surprised us with a gorgeous little brown girl on May 19 prompting us to name her May Surprise. Velvet is being a wonderful mom after this surprise delivery and Miss May is full of energy.