The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread THREE!

[FrogInABlender]

Here's one of me and Blade on a covered bridge..

Here's another one of me and Blade under that same bridge, you choose which one you like..

[FrogInABlender]

This is my mare Truly, a 10yr old black registered Racking Horse. I trained her myself. She's had one filly, 2yr old Grace, and is due to foal again in April.

[FrogInABlender]

This is Bluebell & Hope. Bluebell is a 9yr old blue roan registered Racking mare and Hope is a 7mth old blue roan unregistered racking filly. Bluebell is due to foal again in May. I know they don't look roan, but that's just the way roans are in winter.

[MissTargets]

Can't seem to get the captions in the right place, so I will just list them from top to bottom.
Biscuit (with daughter) 2 yo QH filly
Patches, aged mare pony
Jody, 6 yo Arabian mare.
Thanks for all your hard work. :)

[Rose of Sharn]

Are you busy enough yet? : D

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

WHOO HOOQ!!!:)

Baby coming in May:)

The vet said since the mare is long bodied, she won't show much, she also said that the foal is small, but not small enough to raise concerns. It's laying length wise with it's legs up. She had hold of one of it's knees:)

I'm so excitedd:) Pictures later.

Becky

[Rose of Sharn]

Congratulations! : D

[Duchess47]

This is outstanding. Yes, pictures. So now Belle comes home?

[AnAmericanMother]

This goes back as far as the famous Mister Jorrocks, the Master of the Handley Cross Hunt, who said (I'm paraphrasing 'cause I don't have the book in front of me) that the color is the least important thing about a horse, but it's the first thing every beginner asks (that's how you tell he's a beginner . . . )

[Duchess47]

:) Obviously he didn't raise Appaloosas.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

She IS home now:) Checking the arena out, and sniffing Harley:)

Becky

[CindyDawg]

Congratulations:') Not bad for a 17 y/o huh?

[CindyDawg]

Oh ok. I'm not going to even mention some of the things I thought it could have meant:')

[AnAmericanMother]

It's the same as the gene for taillessness in Manx cats.

The same gene that carries the desired trait (Overo or taillessness) also carries a factor that causes death. In Manx cats, the missing tail factor when doubled causes severe spinal deformity and death.

That's why Manx breeders always have tailed and partially-tailed cats in their breeding program. Tailless to tailless breedings result in many dead kittens.

[Duchess47]

Super - I am so glad. I had already marked her on my foaling calendar :)

[AnAmericanMother]

Since Handley Cross was written back in the 1830s IIRC, I bet that nobody in England had ever SEEN an Appy. . . . that was long before Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show was touring, and I think at that time the only folks who had 'em were the Nez Perce.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

The expectant mother:)

Rocky comeing to check his girl friend out:)

This is her first baby Dot, in the front and Belle Behind her.

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

LOL...well your first then me:)

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

I really didn't think she was. Even the vet said she wasn't showing at all, but that didn't mean anything. Obviously it didn't:)

Becky

[Duchess47]

Is Rocky the sire of Dot? Beautiful lady by the way.