Looked at a horse and foal on the way to the airport, thoroughbred mare with appaloosa filly. Mare is skin and bones, foal not much better. Don't know if we'll get her or not - no papers, two more mouths that need to be fed.
Breeder who has Friday and Sam and BamBam has lost three foals now and a horse being shipped from midwest hung in it's trailer. What a tragedy for her. We ran into one of the vet interns at the airport, picking up shipped semen.
Another friend just emailed today, lost a new filly today, born last night and wedged under a fence somehow.
Going up Saturday to see Tuffy - sounds like he's doing okay. The trainer really likes him and enjoys riding him.
So, anyway, maybe tomorrow I can catch up and catch you all up :) - I'll try to see the video at work Hair and give my opinion of Bay's movement :) (he moves like an Arab)
Wow, that is all so sad. Do they know why the three foals died.
Looking forward to seeing pictures of Tuffy. Will you get to see him being rode?
Becky
Should have some pics of Ruby this weekend . . . she's going to be force fetched :-( . . . one of those unpleasant necessities. But we'll make sure she also has lots of fun with bumpers to take the bad taste out of her mouth.
That sounds like a really bad string of luck with the foals -- is there any connection between the deaths of the 3 with the breeder? Trailer hangings are something that has always worried me, there are so many things a horse can get caught in no matter how careful you are - we used to have one kid ride in the hay rack up front, but that's not really safe either and about all you could do is bang on the wall for the driver to stop . . . .
Finally, a nice sunny, warmer day! The weekend looks very promising. Kids and I went out to Red Lobster last night. My treat for their wedding anniversary on the 20th.
Yikes, whats happening with all the losses of foals? Is there anything in common between them?
Oh dear... rescue mare and foal?
Look forward to pictures of tuffy. :~)
Glad to hear about Tuffy. Why is she losing so many foals though?