Had a GREAT weekend in Bastrop for Memorial Day! Visited good friends, helped out with a sick foal, and saw a great horse show and Waco! It seems like my weekend took a while to end though! It still feels like the weekend! I guess thats what happens when you get a Monday off!
Met some great people in Waco from DR Show Horses! (www.drshowhorses.com) Great trainers and just good people! Hope to be showing with my friend Amy soon at IBHA and open shows with her buckskin and my little dun, Foxy. Should be great fun to show them in halter and lungeline!
Bebe is quite possibly the laziest little mare I've ridden in a while! She seems full of pep, but she prefers to amble where ever she roams! We trot and lope every where we go as a result! She has such nice bend and gives so easy to the bit, she almost trains herself!
We have another gelding arriving for training tomorrow afternoon. I met the owner today, she seems like a great lady! Can't wait to start riding her horse tomorrow!
I also booked a spot June 26 for a Tennessee Walker named Black Sabbath.
Other unbooked prospects include two halter stallions, and a filly.
As far as our horses go, only two more weeks until Jazzy is back in training, and I have her and Lil Bit turned out in the pasture enjoying some grass! Hannah was started on saddle training yesterday and she did all she could to buck that saddle off, but she gradually got used to it being strapped to her back! Hopefully she will come along nicely as we move forward! She is a beautiful horse and very quick and athletic. We are actually using her in our engagement photos in a few weeks!
Brandon will be putting Rowdy in spring training again as soon as he gets a break from work. We put Lucky's information into the hands of some reputable App breeders with the help of a DR Show Horses contact! Hopefully she will sell and be ridden, shown, and appreciated!
Thats all for now, things are really picking up around here though! We'll keep y'all posted!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Home at last!
Hannah is home at last! Brandon had a nice uneventful trip to Gilmer and back with the pretty Hannah in tow on the ride home! We have decided not to breed any mares this year, as we would like to breed them early in 2010 for February or January babies! Possibly breeding to running bred lines, depending on the market. May even breed Miss Hannah to a paint if thats what is selling hot!
Lil Bit (Cinnamon) is growing like a weed and doing well with her early training. She is a little pistol! We are working on accepting the halter and lifting her feet. She is so funny! Sometimes when you try to lift a hoof she stretches her leg out stiff and straight! I have never had a colt do that! Most just pin their ears and kick at first! She's a smart one! She is picking them up much better now though. She's a quick learner!
I plan to start Hannah in her undersaddle training next week so we will see how that goes. Her previous owner informed me that she was started undersaddle as a two year old with about 10 rides at the most. Hopefully she will remember some of her original training so this will flow a little easier!
Bebe has proven to be a real joy to have around! She doesn't try to run to the herd, or even get distracted by them when we are out in the pasture. She is a little lazy sometimes, and initially a bit jumpy but we are working her out of that!
I think thats about all for now! Other than I cannot wait til next month when I can start riding Jazzy again!
Happy Trails!
Lil Bit (Cinnamon) is growing like a weed and doing well with her early training. She is a little pistol! We are working on accepting the halter and lifting her feet. She is so funny! Sometimes when you try to lift a hoof she stretches her leg out stiff and straight! I have never had a colt do that! Most just pin their ears and kick at first! She's a smart one! She is picking them up much better now though. She's a quick learner!
I plan to start Hannah in her undersaddle training next week so we will see how that goes. Her previous owner informed me that she was started undersaddle as a two year old with about 10 rides at the most. Hopefully she will remember some of her original training so this will flow a little easier!
Bebe has proven to be a real joy to have around! She doesn't try to run to the herd, or even get distracted by them when we are out in the pasture. She is a little lazy sometimes, and initially a bit jumpy but we are working her out of that!
I think thats about all for now! Other than I cannot wait til next month when I can start riding Jazzy again!
Happy Trails!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Training Days
Many many many of these ahead of me! I am riding for Cloud 9 Walkers again on the side, so I will be enjoying many smooth rides in the coming months! We also have a great little Dash For Cash mare in for training! Her name is Bebe.
We had our first workout last night and she is a quick learner! I rode her again this morning and she is very responsive and very quick. She learns so fast! With very little work she is getting light in the mouth and flexing a bit at the poll. I am proud to have such a nice agreeable 3 year old to work with!
Also started Little Bits training this week. We are working on taking the halter off and on. She is a little skittish of course, but pretty trusting since we have spent a lot of time with her from birth! She is doing very well and accepts our invasion of her play time in stride!
We had our first workout last night and she is a quick learner! I rode her again this morning and she is very responsive and very quick. She learns so fast! With very little work she is getting light in the mouth and flexing a bit at the poll. I am proud to have such a nice agreeable 3 year old to work with!
Also started Little Bits training this week. We are working on taking the halter off and on. She is a little skittish of course, but pretty trusting since we have spent a lot of time with her from birth! She is doing very well and accepts our invasion of her play time in stride!
Monday, May 18, 2009
The weekend is over again!
But that's ok!
First of all little Cin is doing great! I call her little bit more than anything lol. We decided to name her Cinnamon aka Cin for her barn name and Docs Red Hot for her registered name! That is if she doesn't change color on us! I am wondering if she is going to shed off to palomino! Her sire is a dark gold palomino, her dam is a bay. She is a pistol, thats for sure!
We got a new horse in training over the weekend. A stout little mare out of Dash for Cash lines. Today will be our first ride! Wish me luck! lol. Shouldn't be a problem though, since I got lucky....she's already greenbroke with no pitch!
Wednesday Brandon will be trekking to Gilmer to pic up Hannah and bring her home. I was solid on breeding both her and Jazz this year, but now I am not so sure. I would very much like to ride them this year. At least Jazz! I have been without a horse for too long! First Jazz was injured, then bred, so I am ready to have my horse back!
In 4-6 weeks Jazzy will go back into training to slowly get her back in competitive shape. The foaling took a lot out of her so we are going to take it slow and easy. I think this is the first time I have ever seen her ribs! She's normally an easy easy keeper! So we have her on a pretty intense feeding schedule!
Morning: 2 sc 12/8 Superhorse
Noon: 2 sc 12/8 Super horse + Probiotics + ShowGlo
Night: 2 sc 12/8 Super horse + 1 half sc of Rice Meal
Several flakes of hay at each feeding.
And thus far she is cleaning it up at every feeding! She is making tons of milk though, which is great, now just to get the weight back on her. We may try adding some alfalfa cubes somewhere in that schedule.
Foxy is looking great on just pasture right now with minimal grain. She should do well when we decide to show her. Her horrible haircut has finally grown out and she looks as lovely as when we bought her. She is a beautiful shade of red dun, almost pink in the shade. Her mane and tail are heavily frosted with her light coat color.
Lucky has been doing very well, however has proven to me that she would prefer to be a pleasure/horsemanship horse, at the most a reining horse in a pinch. So we are going with that. Trying to get speed out of her is like fighting a hurricane.
Rowdy hasn't gone undersaddle since early spring, but we were watching him move around and he really moves a lot like his half sister. (Lucky) His back is extremely flat and he naturally lines his neck in that same line. His knees stay very flat as well. I don't know why I didn't notice it before. I knew he was atheletic, but I would have never placed his grouchy, bad attitude having, self as a pleasure or horsemanship prospect. I need to ride him more and get him going better. As many outside horses as I have turned out the past year and some years before, there is no excuse for him being so utterly unfinished.
Happy Trails Everyone!
First of all little Cin is doing great! I call her little bit more than anything lol. We decided to name her Cinnamon aka Cin for her barn name and Docs Red Hot for her registered name! That is if she doesn't change color on us! I am wondering if she is going to shed off to palomino! Her sire is a dark gold palomino, her dam is a bay. She is a pistol, thats for sure!
We got a new horse in training over the weekend. A stout little mare out of Dash for Cash lines. Today will be our first ride! Wish me luck! lol. Shouldn't be a problem though, since I got lucky....she's already greenbroke with no pitch!
Wednesday Brandon will be trekking to Gilmer to pic up Hannah and bring her home. I was solid on breeding both her and Jazz this year, but now I am not so sure. I would very much like to ride them this year. At least Jazz! I have been without a horse for too long! First Jazz was injured, then bred, so I am ready to have my horse back!
In 4-6 weeks Jazzy will go back into training to slowly get her back in competitive shape. The foaling took a lot out of her so we are going to take it slow and easy. I think this is the first time I have ever seen her ribs! She's normally an easy easy keeper! So we have her on a pretty intense feeding schedule!
Morning: 2 sc 12/8 Superhorse
Noon: 2 sc 12/8 Super horse + Probiotics + ShowGlo
Night: 2 sc 12/8 Super horse + 1 half sc of Rice Meal
Several flakes of hay at each feeding.
And thus far she is cleaning it up at every feeding! She is making tons of milk though, which is great, now just to get the weight back on her. We may try adding some alfalfa cubes somewhere in that schedule.
Foxy is looking great on just pasture right now with minimal grain. She should do well when we decide to show her. Her horrible haircut has finally grown out and she looks as lovely as when we bought her. She is a beautiful shade of red dun, almost pink in the shade. Her mane and tail are heavily frosted with her light coat color.
Lucky has been doing very well, however has proven to me that she would prefer to be a pleasure/horsemanship horse, at the most a reining horse in a pinch. So we are going with that. Trying to get speed out of her is like fighting a hurricane.
Rowdy hasn't gone undersaddle since early spring, but we were watching him move around and he really moves a lot like his half sister. (Lucky) His back is extremely flat and he naturally lines his neck in that same line. His knees stay very flat as well. I don't know why I didn't notice it before. I knew he was atheletic, but I would have never placed his grouchy, bad attitude having, self as a pleasure or horsemanship prospect. I need to ride him more and get him going better. As many outside horses as I have turned out the past year and some years before, there is no excuse for him being so utterly unfinished.
Happy Trails Everyone!
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Its a FILLY!
Jazzy foaled a chesnut (bay??) filly today just before 6am. We found the baby wet, still on the ground at around 5:45am, dried her off and helped her get her first nursing! She is nursing like and champ and mom and baby are just fine so far! We will have a vet out to check them tomorrow afternoon! Better safe than sorry right? By the way, the filly is absolutely spotless at this point! She has a white star on her forehead, and may have some socks. But no app coat as of now. Perhaps that will change though as she sheds her baby coat! Looks to have sclera, mottling and possibly striped hooves though! So hopefully she will be a charecteristic appaloosa!
No name just yet, we are thinking on it though!
Happy Trails!
Monday, May 4, 2009
Happy Monday!
Its Monday again, definitely not my favorite day of the week! I drug myself out Saturday afternoon and finally started Lucky's retraining. My goal for the week is to get at least one long sprint out of her everytime I ride her! So far so good! She did very well on the first try, shifting up at least 2 gears as far as speed goes! The speed is in there, we just have to bring it out! She turns great and is trotting the barrel pattern with little to no effort. So I am optimistic. At the least she will be a nice mount for my niece to run drills and playdays on!
Jazzy has shown some progress in her milk today! I went and found her in the pasture this morning, thinking I might find a foal [she was hard to find]. When I brought her in I was checking her milk and found that there are finally some color changes happening! Her milk was a yellowish color today rather than the clear it has been. We have decided her due date is the 13th of May, according to our breeders date. [we had three different dates written down] There is a full moon this Saturday, the 9th, so we look to be counting down to foaling pretty quickly! I am ready to see this one, and though I don't really care what it is or looks like, just that it is healthy, I have to say, I am hoping for a filly out of my favorite mare! Her last colt was so sweet and trainable! We didn't geld him, and when I delivered him to the buyer, keep in mind it was a brand new place for him, I rode him bareback with a halter, all over his yard and down his driveway! He was a good boy! And mares in the bordering pastures! I hope this one is as easy to work with!
Happy Trails friends!
Jazzy has shown some progress in her milk today! I went and found her in the pasture this morning, thinking I might find a foal [she was hard to find]. When I brought her in I was checking her milk and found that there are finally some color changes happening! Her milk was a yellowish color today rather than the clear it has been. We have decided her due date is the 13th of May, according to our breeders date. [we had three different dates written down] There is a full moon this Saturday, the 9th, so we look to be counting down to foaling pretty quickly! I am ready to see this one, and though I don't really care what it is or looks like, just that it is healthy, I have to say, I am hoping for a filly out of my favorite mare! Her last colt was so sweet and trainable! We didn't geld him, and when I delivered him to the buyer, keep in mind it was a brand new place for him, I rode him bareback with a halter, all over his yard and down his driveway! He was a good boy! And mares in the bordering pastures! I hope this one is as easy to work with!
Happy Trails friends!
Friday, May 1, 2009
Nervous...
I am getting more nervous about Jazz foaling everyday. I've had mares to foal out in the past and I know that most foalings go off without a hitch, but there have been some serious horror stories going on this year. I am worried a bit about losing my favorite mare! After all we have been together for nearly a decade! She's more of a friend than a horse at times! Horse people will understand what I am mean by that ! =) I'm sure she will be fine though!
Her belly is getting very flat sided and pointing more down at the ground. Her bag gets very big every morning and night and fluctuates some during the day. We are checking her about three times a day, sometimes more if I have those "funny feelings". Haha. She is pacing circles in her stall a lot of the time. Her under tail area [I will keep in PG for those squeemish folks] is lengthening a lot and hangs open a bit most of the time. I have been checking her milk for color changes and it remains stubbornly clear =) She is not your average mare! I am thinking she is due the first half of this month so we should see something soon.
We are hoping for a filly no matter the color, but a buckskin would be nice :) She is bred to a dark palomino stallion. Wish us luck!
Her belly is getting very flat sided and pointing more down at the ground. Her bag gets very big every morning and night and fluctuates some during the day. We are checking her about three times a day, sometimes more if I have those "funny feelings". Haha. She is pacing circles in her stall a lot of the time. Her under tail area [I will keep in PG for those squeemish folks] is lengthening a lot and hangs open a bit most of the time. I have been checking her milk for color changes and it remains stubbornly clear =) She is not your average mare! I am thinking she is due the first half of this month so we should see something soon.
We are hoping for a filly no matter the color, but a buckskin would be nice :) She is bred to a dark palomino stallion. Wish us luck!
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