Saturday, May 22, 2010

We're HERE! and Steven's News

Getting ready to come wasn't near as bad as the 3 hours before we actually got on the road. Philip's truck is a Toyota and just not strong enough to haul 4 horses and a load of wood. Steven Marchal kindly let us borrow his monster truck! Once all the horses were loaded it was a quick trip to Fede's work shop where all the truck and trailer tires were checked and filled if needed.
Everyone made it to the place before dark and we had a wonderful campfire, cooking over a Fede' Fire.
This morning the breakfast was communal, with scrambled cheese eggs, bacon, biscuits, hash browns and coffee! Then the first of the riders rolled out. The funny thing about our herd here is that we have 10 horses and each one is a different breed. We have a Purebred Trakehner, Purebred Andalusian, Purebred TN Walker, Purebred Arabian, Quarter, Purebred Haflinger, Purebred Friesian, Friesian Sport Horse, Appendix, and an American Shetland. Pictures and videos will be uploaded later as we forgot our computer cords.
So just as I shut off the computer my phone rings and Steven Marchal is on the phone telling me he has news but not news that is expected. I'm dreading what this is going to be when he tells me Walker Sally has delivered an all black filly in the back field and the filly is up and nursing and doing well! With all the worry about Samantha we completely forgot to even think of testing Sally. She was less than a week early. The filly has perfect conformation, a long arched neck, short backed and straight legged. WONDERFUL!

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