We are continuing to work on breaking the classic shetland gelding to ride. This past week we introduced a rider in the saddle to him. Ummm, not too crazy about that idea at first! After some time he became accustomed to the rider and no catastrophes happened. But the gelding is confused about what is expected of him, naturally. So now it is just going to be repetition day after day for awhile. Need to contemplate a bit to decide the best way to go about teaching him to rein. He’s a smart pony and has a great personality so I want to make sure we do the training correctly. After all, he is going to be carrying around very important cargo!
Training continues….
February 18th, 2012Happenings
February 4th, 2012We got our first taste of winter over the last couple of days. Not too bad considering it is the 1st of February and we only got about 2″ of snow preceded by rain. It is welcome moisture and will help make spring greener.
Finally, after talking about it for the past 4 years we have started our classic shetland gelding, Outlaw’s Just Wanna Lil ‘MO, (known to us as Bucko) under saddle. It’s time he had some designated work to do and since we have a grandson who loves horses and wants to ride, it’s time Bucko was broke for that purpose. He has been a quick learner and has taken to the saddle with no problems at all. We’ll see how the next step goes. Our son Ethan has been doing the training with guidance from Ray.
Our plans are to start bringing show horses in later this month and actually get some conditioning started this year. We have a 3 year old AMHR mare and possibly 3 shetlands that we would like to show this year. We’ll get them started and then see as we get closer to spring how it looks like our schedule is going to work out for horse shows. I’m looking forward to show season already! We have some awesome yearling AMHR fillies that deserve to be shown so if you are looking for a show prospect, be sure to check them out!
Happy New Year!
January 26th, 2012Wow! It’s hard to believe that we are almost at the end of January! I hope
everyone is enjoying the start of a New Year and looking forward to many
fun and exciting things in 2012. I have just finished doing quite a few updates
to our website so look around and check out what’s new on the ‘For Sale’ page and
who we are expecting foals from in 2012.
We ended the year by gelding our 14 year old Senior Stallion, Sami’s Pipe N Hot.
We loved the foals he produced for us but felt we wanted to take our breeding
program stronger in the direction of ASPC and ASPC/AMHR. Pipe N’s personality
has always been busy and 100% active no matter what time of year it is! So we
decided to geld him and see if that calmed his attitude some. He has always had
the fullest mane and tail and since I love Fresians I think I am going to let him
grow his mane and tail out and then I’ll have my own little Miniature Fresian. I
can see how fancy he would look pulling a cart with all that hair flowing and
his prancing steps. So far his prancing is still there!
We’ve had a very mild winter so far so this might actually be the year that I
really do get show horses into the barn in February and get conditioning started.
My intentions are always good but then I wimp out in the cold weather. 
I have
some ideas on who we would like to show this year but we shall see what actually
happens by spring when we know our summer schedule better.
Until next time I wish you a cheerful winter!
Holiday Sale!
November 23rd, 2011We are having a Holiday Sale on all of the foals listed for sale on our 2011 Foals page and also on any horse listed on our For Sale page. From now until January 1, 2012 take 30% off the price listed on our 2011 foals. The majority of our foals are futurity nominated and our breeding program has produced Futurity Champions and Top Ten futurity winners so you have a good chance of making your money back! In addition, if you see a horse you like on our For Sale page, give us a call or e-mail us and we will make you a great deal! Join me in enjoying the luxury of holiday shopping from home! No sireee, no crazy Black Friday shopping or Wal-Mart craziness anytime for this gal anywhere but from the comfort of home! We are also reducing our number of AMHR mares so if you see a mare on our Mare page that you would like to add to your broodmare band just let us know. We will consider an offer that will really spice up your holidays and let you treat yourself to your own present!
Blessings and fun shopping to all!
July 14th, 2011
Wow! It just seems like we have sailed through the past couple of months & have been busy staying on top of things for most of it! Our foaling season ended the end of May & we are very excited about the foals from this year’s foal crop. We hope to get photos done within the next month so you can see why we are so excited! We had a wet spring & the weeds overtook us so there has been alot of time spent trying to get the mowing done & making it look like someone does live here, & yes, they do take care of things! The flowers are finally planted & I am enjoying sitting on the front porch occassionally & just admiring the view of horses, flowers, & green! We are now into haying season & it looks like the next few days forecast sun & no rain so hopefully we can get alot of the hay put up. We try to put up at least 500 square bales of prairie hay every year & then do a few big round bales too. I want to remind everyone that the ASPC Shetland Congress is going on this week in Des Moines, Iowa & they have live video streaming. So if you get a chance go to this link ??????http://www.flandersvideoproductions.com/LiveStreaming.htm You will see some beautiful ponies and see how hard the owners & trainers work to present them. The schedule usually has halter classes in the morning & some afternoons and evening sessions are almost always performance classes. So take a moment to sit & relax, put your feet up & enjoy the 65th Annual Shetland Pony Congress!
Foaling Season
May 17th, 2011We are over halfway done with our foaling season & we are very pleased with what we are getting. We have 5 healthy foals on the ground – 5 fillies and 1 colt. One ASPC filly is sired by D&S Tom Collins and the other 3 fillies and colt are sired by AE Bey Star. ‘Bailey’ as we call him, is throwing some very nice foals and all of them have chrome. Two of the fillies are AMHR, one filly is AMHR/ASPC and the colt is ASPC. We are very happy with all of Bailey’s foals and our TC filly. But I do have to say that I absolutely LOVE the colt. He is definately going to be an Over Pony and I think he will be a knock-out in the performance arena. Time will tell as he continues to grow & we see more of his movement but I am very impressed so far. That leaves us with only two mares left to foal – Outlaw’s Tommy Girl is due anytime and this is also a cross that I am anxious to see as it will be the first Bailey foal out of a TC daughter. Then one of our older foundation mares is due to foal in June and her foal is sired by Sami’s Pipe N Hot, a cross we are repeating because we love the movment and refinement that Pipe N brings to this mare’s offspring. So keep watching for more foal news!
Foal #3
May 3rd, 2011Foal # 3 arrived this morning & it’s another filly! This filly is out of STC’s Rhythm N Blues and sired by AE Bey Star. She is a bay/white pinto with alot of leg! I am really thrilled with the foals Bailey is giving us. This is only our 2nd foal crop from him so it is exciting to see what each new cross brings. I think this filly’s name is going to be Bey Rumba. We’ll be posting pictures as soon as we get a few days of sunshine!
Our 2nd foal has arrived!
April 25th, 2011Finally after 3 weeks of watching & waiting our 2nd foal has arrived! I was beginning to get a little anxious about the foal being too large but the filly is just the right size & mama looks great! The dam is our proven producing mare, Rowbuck Dear Abby, & the sire is our latest stallion, AE Bey Star. This will be the 2nd foaling season for Bey Star foals so we are anxious to see what he produces for us as this year’s crosses will be first time crosses with him for most of the mares. This filly is sorrel, bald face, 2 rear socks, & a little bit of white on her left front leg. She is full of fire already! Guess she was tired of being cooped up inside mama for so long! Pictures will be posted as soon as we can get some sunshine so she can get out, stretch her legs, & fill out. We will be keeping right on with night checks though as the next 4 mares are due one right after the other over the course of the next 3 weeks. So stay tuned!
Our First foal has arrived!
April 18th, 2011Our first foal of the season arrived Thursday afternoon, April 14th. I did a check at 2:30 pm, she was waxing, & I thought “This is good – we’ll have a baby by tomorrow!” I went back out at 3:30 pm to check on her & the foal was out of the sac taking her first breaths. I checked on gender and was excited to see it was a filly, true to pattern as her sire, D&S Tom Collins, predominantly throws fillies. She is a tri-colored pinto, red with a white saddle, four white legs, and a black mane & tail. Her dam is Dragon Fire’s Electric Blue. As of yet we don’t have a name for her. Watch for pictures soon on our Foal page!
Officially on Foal Watch!
March 29th, 2011We are officially on Foal Watch for 2011! I’ve had couple of mares in just because I like to have them separated from the other mares that last month. With the weather we’ve been having 2 of the mares have been in the barn quite a bit. Last night was the first night we did night checks as the mare was acting nervous. But it must have just been the low pressure setting over us making her uncomfortable because we don’t have any foal this morning. But we are now less than 1 week away from due dates so the time is close! I love foaling season – it’s like unwrapping a package on Christmas morning! 