While I’m aware that it’s not actually summer, the summer barrel racing series that we attend over in Dupree, SD is in full swing. Our first race was actually scheduled for two weeks ago, but rain and snow forced us to cancel. So we had to wait until this Thursday to actually make a run. [...]
[Continue reading...]Witnessing a Miracle
26 May posted by
There are people who have raised horses their whole lives who have never seen a foal born. Mares are typically quite private about it. And births rarely occur during the day. They are more likely to occur between midnight and 5am. When a mare goes into labor the whole process, if nothing is wrong, should [...]
[Continue reading...]Our Ranch
23 May posted by
Some of y’all asked the other day to see photos of the stud horse whose babies were pictured here. So being the obliging person I am, here you go:
For those of you interested in his pedigree, you can see it here.
And for those of you interested in seeing LOTS of pretty ponies, and learning more [...]
Macro Monday
23 May posted by
I promise to get the pictures of the foal birth we were fortunate enough to witness up this week! But in the meantime, enjoy my EARLY Macros! This is only happening because at 6:30 in the morning tomorrow, I’ll be horseback, at the neighbor’s place, gathering, sorting and branding. It’s definitely the busy season here [...]
[Continue reading...]Babies!
21 May posted by
It was an absolutely gorgeous evening on Wednesday when we went to check on our mare herd.
The mares have split into two bunches. We knew we’d find some babies eventually. As you can see from the above photos there were no babies to be seen with this bunch! There were however some really fat, [...]
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