2 More Pregnant

Anna's colt was loaded into the big trailer for the trip to his new owners up north of Chicago by 7:10 am. Emily took off and not 10 minutes later called. She had a blow-out on one of the trailer tires. She was able to pull it into the UPS parking lot. Mark was close by so went to help until I arrived with what I thought was the spare and the ramp.

 The spare rim looked like it would fit, had exactly the right amount of holes but it did not fit. Time to call East Peoria Tire & Vulcanizing Co to come to the rescue. Mike Rieker was told which tires and when he said they had plenty I asked him to send 3 new ones and a new rim for the spare. He sent a truck right out

 Both tires on the left side of the trailer looked ok but were dry rot with cracks which caused the blow-out in the first place. Those were both replaced and the new spare mounted.

A big big thanks to this company that would send out a truck and get us back on the road quickly. Emily arrived at the new owners place to find that they ride and train for Medieval Times. More than likely in a few years this colt will be performing too.
While Emily was hauling I was back here doing all the other work. The mares were teased. Emma was covered by Evan. Eliza will need to be covered tomorrow if she is still in. The camera was taken out for new foal pictures. Below is Emma and her colt. Emma is telling Valiant in no uncertain terms to stay away from her boy!

 Above and below is Ribbon's filly by Valiant. She is sweet, huge and athletic. She is running around her mom constantly. Ribbon would prefer to just stand around eating and this filly is keeping her moving.

 Above and below is Emma's colt by Evan. Check out those eyelashes. I've never seen such long eyelashes on a colt.

 Above is Sheena's colt by Valiant and below is Sangria's colt by Valiant. These half brothers like to play together.

 Sangria's colt has amazing movement. I must get a video of him, he picks up his legs and springs into the air.

 Dr. Hoerr arrived around 3:00 pm. First up was Ayanna, PREGNANT by Evan, then Lola also PREGNANT. Now with Lola we are not quite sure which stallion is the father and will have to dna test the foal after it is born. We used Valiant April 28th then when she needed to be covered again April 30th we had too many customers using Valiant so used Killian. And Killian again on May 2nd and 3rd. Those 2 will be hauled to Middle Grove tomorrow. Next Dr. Hoerr sonagrammed Soul, Jurista and Sangria. We are going to be shipping semen for those three and would like them cycling together but it probably isn't going to work. Soul is in now and will probably ovulate by Monday. Sangria and Jurista are pretty much on the same schedule. They were both given a shot to short cycle and will be ready to ovulate probably on Wednesday. Next up was Piper. Sherry from the state of Washington hired Dr. Hoerr to do a pre purchase exam. She passed.
Mark and I joined the campers at Middle Grove for the evening. Philip took his girls fishing, below is their reaction to this big fish.

Rhonda was cooking big slabs of meet over the fire. We were amazed at how much meat she was cooking for just Spark and her until she explained Kari and Bret were also coming.

 Rachel's family are camping there this weekend and so is Anni Davidovics.

 Karin and Anna drove over to the other area to tack up Bunni and Sally for some trail riding. Braelyn got to go along too.

 They rode them down to the cabin area so Taegan could have a short ride. 

 Jessica and Anni took a fun fast gallop up and down the rolling hills and through the woods before returning to the camping area.

 Logan was splitting wood for the camp fire but when the horses got back he and Karin took off at a gallop and rode them back to the herd.

 Rachel and Spark brought out their guitars for some singing around the campfire. Mark and I left when it was getting dark for that long ride home. I was glad he was driving my eyes were tired and just wouldn't stay open.