Weanling meets newborn...

Caspian filly weanling, Shovan's Finale, meets American Saddlebred, Missouri Showtime, & her foal.  She thinks the foal is just about the most interesting thing she's ever seen & simply wants a closer look, but mama is having none of it.

Giving the kids a ride...

Sometimes a horse just has to put up with a little indignity - like wearing a baseball cap in the summer or antlers for a Christmas parade.  Jim, the Spotted Saddle Horse gelding, willingly tolerates just about anything as long as he gets a little attention from nephew, Zack.   Bella B. Walker, Rocky Mtn. Horse pictured in the background, is equally cooperative with niece, Allie.

All grown up...

Per a request to post a current picture of the foal below, here's the foal all grown up.  (Actually the top picture is a re-post from earlier, but there was no way to connect it to the foal shown below.)  Chocolatte is now scheduled to go to a trainer just as soon as her coggins test comes back.  For those who don't know, a coggins test is good for one year & is required any time the horse leaves its property.  It tests for EIA or Equine Infectious Anemia and here's more than you probably ever wanted to know about EIA.

How time flies...

Kiss and her first foal...now 4 years old.

Love those Rockies!

One great thing about our Rocky Mtn./Kentucky Mtn. mares is that they can stand out in the pasture for months with no attention - let alone no riding - & then we can catch them & ride & they behave as if they'd been ridden all along.  The Rocky Mtn. breed is known for its 'puppy dog' disposition, & our broodmares have been excellent representatives of the breed.

HELLO, WORLD!

This little filly was born early 1/23/12.  She's the last foal by TWH stallion, Threat's Silver Sun, who was sadly put down last April due to blindness.  Silver was white, and white horses are more prone to skin cancer, so perhaps his color also contributed to his weak eyes.  Before his death we put the above ASB mare, Missouri Showtime, in with Silver in hopes of keeping him from running into barbed wire fences.  But it became increasingly apparent that Silver was going to keep injuring himself as well as injure us.  Due to his inability to see, he practically ran right over me on a couple of occasions...not his fault, he simply couldn't tell where I was.  His last foal is a 'lit up' bay...one with lots of chrome.

Seve's Pushover

This black beauty is a 4 yr. old stallion ready to send to the trainer.  He's out of world champion, Seve, & a big, black mare named Pushover's Heart of Gold.  He's a tall fellow & has a 'loose' way of traveling...he should be very gaited.