Thursday, 25 November 2010

A new arrival and an adventure

As the last half a dozen times Brennan has been out on the float has been to go to the collection centre, I thought it would be a good idea to take him out a few times to do other things so he doesn't associate a float ride with breeding. Yesterday we had our first fun outing and we went to the river just down the road. As you will see from the photos, I ended up in the river, with Brennan, fully clothed - Not quite the look I was after but we both had heaps of fun!









This morning Maude produced her sixth foal for us - A lovely grey filly (well she is milk chocolate coloured right now but that will change). So now Malteser, Rafferty and Liath have a full sister and Aine and Enya have a half sister. Textbook easy foaling of a healthy baby who has done everything right from the beginning - long may it continue!





Thursday, 18 November 2010

Ciara - 17 November, 2010

I took some photos of Ciara for Annika today. She's getting huge now, dear Hooty certainly knows how to feed and grow her babies!

Monday, 15 November 2010

Hamish the Stuntporse!

Brennan has been stealing the limelight somewhat for a while now so it is about time Hamish has a blog entry dedicated to him so, here it is.

Today I caught fatboy, gave him a quick run over with the brush and popped a running plait in his mane and, with the help of Nick, we had a photo shoot. Hamish was not altogether excited about having the camera stuck in his face and being told to smile so we jazzed things up a bit with a quick 'rear on command' reminder session. I taught Hamish this wee trick years ago and it seems that he has not forgotten. We both had a blast. Hamish is a wickedly clever stallion and always, without fail, an absolute pleasure to deal with. I count my blessings every day for having such a wonderful horse in my life.









Hamish became a father again recently too. More details on his latest foals to follow in another blog.