More Waxing

We were shocked at the condition of the road going to Spark and Joan's houses this morning on our walk. There is a sink hole right in the middle of the road almost 2 feet deep with a diameter of almost 2 feet. We had a tremendous amount of rain during the storm last night which also produced a tornado between Glasford and Hanna City heading our way.  Joan went right to work on filling the sink hole.  After the walk the apartment was prepared for the guests coming in today then the barn cleaned.  Then it was time to tease mares. Roxanne was taken out first, she winked a couple of times then screamed, striking out at Evan same as yesterday. As she was acting out I realized her udder was kind of bagged up, I backed her up and took a good look at her and in my opinion she is pregnant. I thought she had lost her foal and brought her in to get her bred last week but she has a nice round belly and is starting to get a full udder. She is due June 30th and I really hope I'm right. Roxanne was bred to Evan last year. She is a beautiful mare.

Tori was brought out and covered by Evan. Both Rhoda and Karin love riding Tori, she reminds them of Jenis and feel she could be the next superstar. She is athletic and smart.

This evening was the visitation for Allen Herman. We didn't arrive until 5:15 pm and waited in line for 2 hours but all of us were glad we went. Allen was a special special man and we will miss him and his big smile every Sunday.  Mark took mom and I Market Grill in the Hy-Vee grocery store. They have all of their burgers priced at $8.00 and they are good.  They are big enough that the meal can be split in half and the other half taken home for lunch tomorrow.  As soon as we got home from there I ran up to the barn to check on Sheena. Sheena is a Jockey Club registered Thoroughbred mare in foal by Valiant. She is waxing and was pacing around the stall which is a sign of first labor.  I will be surprised if she hasn't delivered by morning.

We know the foal will be black but we don't know if it will be a colt or a filly. Sheena is bred to Valiant and her foals by him are so special we keep breeding her back to Valiant. 

Above is one of her colts by Valiant and below is the only offspring we kept of Sheena's, her only filly which we named Skye.  

The man that bought her last colt sent this picture of him as a 2 year old. He writes that he is very tall and one of the nicest horses in the barn. 

We find the Friesian Thoroughbred cross is about perfect for those wanting to event. They have the bone to hold up over the big jumps and yet are athletic enough to cover the miles. They also have wonderful minds that want to please so training is a breeze. IF you have ever wanted a big black beautiful horse you may want to keep an eye on our website. As soon as this foal is born it will be posted for sale for only $4000.00. and that is actually a tremendous value for a horse of this quality. 

I got word today from Amy that Cathie Trent, the instructor at Bridlewood, was in a bad accident. Cathie and her mom were driving the truck and horse trailer going to pick up Cathie's daughter Savannah and were near Crawsfordsville, IN when a semi truck slammed into the back of her horse trailer which slammed into the back of her truck.  Below are a few pictures of the accident. Thankfully they were not hurt and there was no horse in the trailer.

Below is Cathie's mom getting out of the truck ALIVE.

Can you imagine the shock of a semi trailer slamming into you.

Ann, Cathie's mom was bruised from the seat belt and I think had some cuts but both are alive! I'm pretty sure the trailer is totaled and the truck too!