Just thought those of you who check back regularly would like to know whats going on...

July 8, 2008

Wow, how did it get to be July already?

The battle with shipped semen continues...I bred 6 and have one in foal - yeah Skippy!  Fanny was and isn't.  Its enough to break your heart.  Since I bred to different stallions, and had some at home and some away at Lewiston Vet, there is no simple explanation!  The saga will continue next year, have no idea if things don't get easier what I will do.  I had dreamed and schemed for years to breed to the big boys, and bred 7 last year and had 1 baby, and bred 6 this year and have 1 in foal.  The numbers will have to change for me to continue.  I am not ready to quit breeding!  I had a late start this year and the weather was really strange, so hopefully next year...

I sold TC (HT Prominence) in June, he was such a great boy to handle I was hesitant.  Especially with the shipping of semen going like it did.  Also sold two of the yearling colts, sadly one was the one I wanted to show, isn't that the way it always goes?

Tina (yearling filly) and Love (weanling filly) are in the barn, along with the other two yearling colts, I have been putting all the yearlings on the hot walker, way fun!  Hopefully can get these other two colts moved, I would love to bring the two year old gelding in the barn and start playing with him (he has 60 days on him so it would be very fun).  As well as scrubbing the goat hair off Love - she is finally letting go of it, it took a week of over 100 degrees to convince her!  Yes, I need to take new picts now!

I sent both the 3 year old geldings (they each have 60 days riding) over to a friend of mine in Ferndale WA, to see if she can get some people out to see them, there are great things about Moses Lake but there just isn't a huge population and we are such a drive from anywhere!  Such nice geldings need their own person to play with em!

Now if only I can get away to a show!!!!

May 27, 2008

Yes we are in the new house, it is beautiful and more wonderful then I could have imagined.  We thought we would never get to build so it is a dream come true, but I find myself at Home Depot thinking 'I am so glad I don't have to pick out that anymore!'  Now we are into landscaping - FUN!

I was soooo looking forward to 2008, I thought I had two babies by Kids Classic Style, one Mr Yella Fella, two by Gotta Hot Reflection, and one by You Bet Im Kidden on the way...in Dec I started getting worried as everyone was looking really big - big and fat!  Turns out I had only one (1) baby on the way (good girl Fanny!).  I was horrified,  the first year I bit the bullet and paid those big fees...what if my hubby is right and it IS all a waste!!!!  Have put my stallion up for sale with this great plan of shipping semen from the big boys...may have to rethink that grand plan.

Then in Jan. I slipped on the ice unloading groceries at my front door and broke my leg (ankle?) - the small leg bone spiral fractured from the bottom up...talk about messing up horsey plans and horse show plans...actually any plans at all.  After months of sitting around with one leg up...I am just now starting to get around without such a big limp.  This week I finally get to pick something to bring into the barn so I can maybe get to a show...

 I have a great new vet, and am not having much better luck in breeding this year...am reshipping and thus far have 1 back in foal (yup, good girl Fanny again!).  Between the weather - snow in April!, and odd heat cycles, and some (randomly) not so great semen, I am hoping everything is sorted out and preg. checking at the end of the week will bring me really good news.  Cross your hooves for me!!!!

I did send the 3 year old geldings off to get started and when I broke my leg left them both there for 60 days, hopefully this will make them easier to sell...in this horse market anything that helps is good.  Have knocked the price down on the yearling colts - a shame as they are the nicest I have raised and are going to go for the least...it will be interesting seeing what will happen with the market...may have to start growing our own hay!

I have been remiss - I LOVE poring through bloodlines and so I have added the pedigrees to the horses for sale!                                                            I hope you enjoy looking...