Rosaleigh & Roxanne

Emily brought these 2 lovely girls home last night. They are actually closer related than half sisters as their dams were mother and daughter. They were born a week apart and have always been together. Roxanne was born March 30th, 2013. She has a nice long mane, an amazing thick long tail and very nice feather. She was a 1st premie at her FPZV Keuring.

Her dam is Iris ut de Finnen(Anton 343) her sire is 17 hand Othello de Berthonval. She should end up around 16 hands, She has an amazing ground covering trot and will make quite a show horse once trained.  We will probably breed her to Valiant once she is old enough as he throws height on his foals. 

The next mare is Rosaleigh. She is also by Othello de Berthonval. Rosaleigh was born April 6th, 2013. Her dam is Zinnia (Goffert 369), Zinnia also happens to be Iris's daughter, same as Roxanne. So Roxanne is Rosaleigh's aunt on the dam's side but Roxanne is also a half sister as they share the same sire. Wow this gets confusing. No matter what though neither mare is related to Evan OR Valiant giving us a lot of options. Rosaleigh is taller than Roxanne and has a longer thicker mane. She was just a point away from making first premie, the handler didn't trot her out but we found her movement was just amazing, it was jaw dropping amazing!

She has what we call lift. We were shocked at how high she gets off the ground, why this mare thinks she can fly.

We would probably choose Evan for her. The movement would be unbeatable and the hair...need I say more. The picture above really isn't that flattering. She is really a pretty mare with her long thick mane and tail flying in the wind.

Anna dropped off the girls today. They love to go to great grandma Meister's house. Kensley finds the chair that just fits her. This was mom's chair when she turned 1 year old. I bet it would be considered an antique, if it was new when she was given it it would be 82 years old. 

Braelyn immediately goes for the rocking horse. Mom found that at an auction and it is a real favorite with the great grand kids.

Taegan knows exactly where to find a doll to play with. Great grandma has a huge toy room.

We had a quiet day around here. Not much work got done but a lot of fun playing out in the warm sunshine on the patio. I think this might have been our last warm day for a while, rain is predicted then cold weather. It is time for summer to end but I sure hate to see it go. Karin worked horses at Middle Grove this afternoon but the days are getting so short it is hard to get a lot of horses trained. She said that the other Rosalie (Lily's daughter by Raven) is softening in the bridle and starting to bend when asked. She has the bow down pat and will soon start on the lay down. Funny we ended up with 2 Rosies both the same age, although Lily's daughter is WAY taller.