Adina Roberts was riding her horse Toby near Lincoln Park and the Fauntleroy Ferry dock when we spotted her.Toby is a seven year old Appaloosa Quarter horse cross. Her color is gruello also known as Blue Dun. She has a dorsal stripe along her back and she has beaver stripes on her legs.

"There's only one in ten thousand horses that are this color," said Roberts. Roberts got Toby when she was only ten months old.

Roberts was in the military and she had just gotten out of basic training, "She was in a back yard and there was a little sign that said 'Horses for Sale' and I saw her and I knew her color is just really rare and she was just such a cute little baby that I couldn't pass her up. She was a baby, baby, and I've had her ever since."

She was riding Toby bareback. "I usually ride with just a halter but we were going to the park so I figured I might as well put a bridle on and give her antlers (see photo)." Roberts keeps Toby at 26th S.W. and 100th near Safeway in a large backyard.

She had been keeping Toby in a dressage barn near Westcrest Park and right next to where the Seattle Police Department houses their horses. "I just went and visited the police the other day and they let me know I could walk her wherever I wanted to walk her," Roberts said.

Toby is both beautiful and 'bows' going down on one knee, in a well trained move.

"Toby is not like other horses, you can't really take most horses out into the city. She's super calm for being seven years old. I give lessons to children on her. She's basically just the best horse," Roberts said. She has another horse, who at 30 years of age is getting up there. "I've had him since I was thirteen," Roberts said, "and she is out of a famous horse named Poco Bueno."

People stopped to ask about Toby during our conversation. "I love taking her out to meet little kids," said Roberts.

Adina and Toby recently surprised the people at McDonald's by going to the drive through window. Toby had the apple slices and thoroughly enjoyed them.

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