Friday, January 29, 2010

Winter Riding

Ali and I did little riding the other day. She is just learning to carry a rider, and has only been backed 5-6 times. She is doing really well. Tomorrow I am taking her over ot a friends farm for a month to get some serious work done....its too cold to ride outside long and he has an indoor arena.


Ali learning to whoa.

Bucky Boy in the snow. Its been warm and then very cold out here. Tonight it was -23 with the wind chill and my cheeks were frozen...as they begin to defrost they are burning. All the horses seem to be doing fine in the weather...they all have nice cozy blankets on.


Ace with a pretty winter background. He will be broke to the trails this year. Time to get him out and about. He is doing very well and is back to begin his old self again.

Ace in the snow. I am ready for spring.

Pregnant Mares

Ha ha, please excuse the view ;) This is just showing how wide Cricket is getting. The mares are all due in the spring, not too long now....very exciting.


This is Breeze. She is the first one due. This will be her first foal. It should be a really nice foal, they all should. All the babies are paints.

Ruby is getting vey big. She is the last one due to foal....5 days later than Cricket.

What a big belly! Ruby has had several foals before.

New Arrivals

This is Indy. He is a gorgeous paint stallion. We bought him from out west. He is not here yet, he does not arrive until the spring. He will be breeding our mares this year. We are very excited to have him and are looking forward to meeting him soon! He is homozygous, so he cannot produce a solid coloured foal.


This is Bandit. She is also new and is not hear yet. She is an addition to our broodmare band. She is not due to arrive until the summer, as she is being bred before she comes out here. She is a gorgeous Black Tobiano from the same farm as Breeze.


Just a couple more views of Bandit. She is quite the looker ;)




Saturday, January 2, 2010

Cold, Snowy Horses

The horses were out for a run, I guess they were trying to stay warm! It has been -17 here, and -28 with the wind chill! Brrrrr......


A group huddle....they might be warmer if they stood in the run in shed!

The kittens first winter....they enjoy playing in the snow when its not so cold out.

Doesn't Tia look great in her new red blanket and matching red halter?!?!?

Snow, snow and more snow.....

Ali catches some z's .....gotta love those blankets :)
Cricket, being the matriarch, and a pregnant one at that, has the ULTIMATE blanket...it includes a super warm neck cover! She looks so toasty warm! I am going to get Buck one like this next year!

Ace is Home!!

Ace has made an amazing recovery and came home on Dec 23 after spending 9 days in the veterinary hospital. He was home in time for Christmas :)


Ace has been doing really well and is getting stronger and better each day. He has been going outside for longer periods and for the past couple of days he has been outside for the whole day! He is even back to harassing Buck!.
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Welcome home boy.