I took yesterday afternoon off from riding to go check mares. I thought I had to; for one, I’ve put my beloved gray mare (Streakin Iron– Sonora Nora- mother of Dolce), out with a stud, in a pasture a section and a half big. I have never turned her out on that much real-estate before, so I, of course am nervous. Furthermore, in that same pasture last year, a hailstorm drove the mares and the stud into the river, and we lost 3 broodmares in that storm. We found the stud, Silver Bueno Tom (Tom), across the bay, about 1/2 a mile away, with a mare and her six week old filly. And later that fall, discovered an orphan foal in a neighbor’s pasture. She’d lived there all by herself all summer. We assumed she died in the storm.
And the second reason of course, is that I wanted to see how many new babies have graced us with their cuteness! There are two more- one is a muley little bay horse colt- he’s not the cutest foal in the bunch right now, but I’ve also always wanted a muley bay- so I guess I got my wish. The other is a gorgeous filly by Poco Tivo Pep (Chachi)- out of Gump’s half sister, DX Red Rozee. Chachi is really putting his mark on the babies, with his big, sleepy eye.
Here’s the filly by Poco Tivo Pep x Dx Red Rozee:
And here’s the horse colt by WDX Nukem x Misters Gingersnap:
Have a great Friday!
They are amazing! I don’t blame you one bit for being worried about them, after the horrible accidents with the hailstorm. I would be the same way!
By the way, yes, I have time to work on the sitting back, any suggestions are welcome!
i swear every time i see a picture of your grey mare … i am ready to run over to SD and find a way to bring her home. she is GORGEOUS. i’m not TOO far away … husband would KILL me.
but that little bay is a runner up. CUTE. mule-y … and all. he almost looks warmblood-ish.
i LOVE babies. your posts as of late have helped the horse-girl in me! thanks.
lM PROUD YOU TURNED HER OUT!!!!
I love this time of year! All the sweet, cute babies popping up everywhere!
Gorgeous babies, and very lucky horses, to be raised like that!
Horse heaven for sure, good on you Jen!
I remember that storm last year, but I don’t remember saying you found a baby at a neighbors pasture! That is frreaking amazing! Was she developing okay???
I just can’t get over how beautiful Streakin’ Iron is. Just beautiful.
And that filly is just so precious!!!! So, does that make 7? 8? I think I’ve lost count.