Jewel's New Filly

The plan was to leave at 9:30 am head out to Middle Grove and bring back a load but that planned changed when I got there. Mike brought Sheena down to the trailer and he was followed by Skye.

As Skye is now 3 years old we decided to bring her home and get her bred to Evan which left just 2 places in the trailer. Mike drove the truck and trailer up to the round pen where Diane had Joshua and Josiah haltered and waiting. Those two were loaded up with Sheena and Skye and taken to the Hanna City farm.  This meant some juggling around. Skye, Joshua and Josiah were put in the short shelter paddock and Sheena  put in the middle paddock and off I went for the second load.  This load we put Ripper in the front divider then loaded Rosaleigh, Madiera, Jewel and her 1 day old filly. By the time I got back it was after noon. The camera was taken out and pictures taken.  Jewel was actually due June 15th but has delivered 3 weeks early just about every year and sure enough she did it again. Her filly was born yesterday and already she is strong and stocky. The pictures below were taken once we got them home.

 She was having a ball this evening running around bucking and kicking. 

She will be just as impressive as her full brother Josiah. Below are a few pictures of Josiah.

 Notice the 'air time' this boy has. He really does have lift!

Josiah was born May 7th, 2019 out of Jewel by Evan. He is registered with Friesian Heritage Horse International and has a current coggins. He is scheduled to be gelded June 10th. He is very well behaved, has a thick long mane and tail and check out the feather on those legs. He has huge movement and will excel at dressage but has such a good mind that he will also make a wonderful family horse. He is for sale for $4500.00. He really is something special. Joshua, his half brother is just as impressive.

Big movement, mega hair and black. His owner will be thrilled when she sees how gorgeous he turned out. Joshua is out of Madiera by Evan. We were so pleased with how this colt turned out we bred Madiera back to Evan. She is due June 20th. Madiera and Sheena are both due June 20th with Rosaleigh due June 22nd. Of those 3 Rosaleigh is most bagged up and will need to be watched. Indy, Oksana and their colts were moved into the paddock next to Valiant. I'm still waiting for Indy to come in season and hopefully Valiant will let me know when that happens. Lily, Tori, Hadassah, Jewel and their foals were put in Ribbon's old paddock that opens up to the big field.  Below Lily is munching away at the hay while her colt takes a nap on that nice soft bed.

Lily always gets the best places to eat as she IS the boss mare here. Hadassah was on the other side of the bale.

The birthday party girls came over to see the foals. Tori's colt came up to check them out.

Below Hadassah went to the back gate to wait for someone to open it and let them out.

Karin was here giving trail rides all morning. She took the horses out 4 times and the last time had too many riders so Ayanna took 2 at a time. Those girls LOVED riding Ayanna and decided she is their new favorite. We had a beautiful sunny cool day which was just perfect for trail riding. 

This evening we got a message that church will be open and mom, Mark and I are on the list to go. They are limiting this week to just 50 people upstairs and 25 downstairs.  It is shocking how long it has been since any of us have been in church.