No its not but it might as well be! We are very grateful to those of you who braved the curious looks of onlookers to do a rain dance for us, we received over an inch and a half in the last few weeks and it never ceases to amaze me how quickly the pasture comes back...
It also never ceases to amaze me how quickly the horses see the blades of grass and eat the bloody things before they get a chance to grow to any decent length? Oh well.... as long as they enjoy it. I cant but help watch them get down to a very short blade of grass and try to pick it out by their teeth.... be it one or two blades.... but they do!
Queenie has come up to be the Victor mower for the short moment that there is some grass around the house... and she will have to life her game if she is going to keep up the good record of the Victor TT (Turkish Trousers) model.
All the weaning is done and now we can sit back for a short while until the June MM sales, where we have or are continuing to prepare a yearling. It certainly has been a great education curve for both Evan and I. Mind you, even though Evan curses and swears through all of this, he is talking this yearling for that sale next year and that one for the other sale. Hmmm. Guess what we are doing next year? lol
All the weaners are doing very well and as you will see from the photos are all hairy mamoths in the making (well it does get very cold here in Warwick). All the mums in foal are starting to look pudgy and are walking like they have a baby in their stomach! Funny, I was down the back with the girls today and I stook behind Nanna (Splendid Feeling) and all I could see were two sides of her stomach sticking out on both sides. Time seems to be flying. Before you know it I will be telling you about the births of all the foals again.
Both Evan and I are still talking about perspective sires for the girls.... its a big decision considering what has been happening at the sales. People paying top dollar, i mean, hundreds and thousands for a yearling that isnt even guaranteed to make it to the track.... (in saying that statement, iam thinking or rather iam hoping that someone will pay hundreds and thousands for our yearling. No need to raise your eyebrow on that last statement! We know that it just wont happen with our boy, but a few nice bids will be sufficient - thank you!).
Um, did I tell you he was Lot 19?
No?
Ok, consider yourself informed!
Comings and Goings....
Precious/Princess has gone home to Cairns to be broken in ... she was a good girl and was no trouble whatsoever.
Trousers (yes, the Victor TT model), has gone down the back to be with the preggie girls... We have been feeding her up since taking Short Pants off her, trying to get her back to good condition. We have been adding Promita to her feed so hopefully this will give her a boost!
Vera, Zandrea have been removed from Stud duties this year. Considering that Vera has had 12 babies in her life.... can you believe that? Silken Snooks will take over from Zandrea.
Charlie is off to the MM sales Tuesday week. I will miss the boy as he is a real personality.
Apart from that, Short Pants is doing very well with her leading training and is as quiet as quiet can be. Miss Caramel is still fairly head strong... Iam thinking she is the spit of her dam, Havachat in personality. Now that is scary. But the thing that i really like about her is that she still looks for a cuddle and pats, which means she does have some sook in her. Lily and April are putting up with each other in their paddock - just. Lenny/Ozman and Jakey are the 3 muskateers. Out of all of those 3, Lenny is the one who is coltish and I really like the way he is coming together. His mother in his head, but Kinjite all over in prescence. Oz is just another softie.
Life is good, isnt it? Especially here at Massie Lodge.
Helen
P.S. Peachface Update: Missy the female has started throwing eggs out of the box.... phew... as there were 3. AAAAArgh! Anyone want one?
It also never ceases to amaze me how quickly the horses see the blades of grass and eat the bloody things before they get a chance to grow to any decent length? Oh well.... as long as they enjoy it. I cant but help watch them get down to a very short blade of grass and try to pick it out by their teeth.... be it one or two blades.... but they do!
Queenie has come up to be the Victor mower for the short moment that there is some grass around the house... and she will have to life her game if she is going to keep up the good record of the Victor TT (Turkish Trousers) model.
All the weaning is done and now we can sit back for a short while until the June MM sales, where we have or are continuing to prepare a yearling. It certainly has been a great education curve for both Evan and I. Mind you, even though Evan curses and swears through all of this, he is talking this yearling for that sale next year and that one for the other sale. Hmmm. Guess what we are doing next year? lol
All the weaners are doing very well and as you will see from the photos are all hairy mamoths in the making (well it does get very cold here in Warwick). All the mums in foal are starting to look pudgy and are walking like they have a baby in their stomach! Funny, I was down the back with the girls today and I stook behind Nanna (Splendid Feeling) and all I could see were two sides of her stomach sticking out on both sides. Time seems to be flying. Before you know it I will be telling you about the births of all the foals again.
Both Evan and I are still talking about perspective sires for the girls.... its a big decision considering what has been happening at the sales. People paying top dollar, i mean, hundreds and thousands for a yearling that isnt even guaranteed to make it to the track.... (in saying that statement, iam thinking or rather iam hoping that someone will pay hundreds and thousands for our yearling. No need to raise your eyebrow on that last statement! We know that it just wont happen with our boy, but a few nice bids will be sufficient - thank you!).
Um, did I tell you he was Lot 19?
No?
Ok, consider yourself informed!
Comings and Goings....
Precious/Princess has gone home to Cairns to be broken in ... she was a good girl and was no trouble whatsoever.
Trousers (yes, the Victor TT model), has gone down the back to be with the preggie girls... We have been feeding her up since taking Short Pants off her, trying to get her back to good condition. We have been adding Promita to her feed so hopefully this will give her a boost!
Vera, Zandrea have been removed from Stud duties this year. Considering that Vera has had 12 babies in her life.... can you believe that? Silken Snooks will take over from Zandrea.
Charlie is off to the MM sales Tuesday week. I will miss the boy as he is a real personality.
Apart from that, Short Pants is doing very well with her leading training and is as quiet as quiet can be. Miss Caramel is still fairly head strong... Iam thinking she is the spit of her dam, Havachat in personality. Now that is scary. But the thing that i really like about her is that she still looks for a cuddle and pats, which means she does have some sook in her. Lily and April are putting up with each other in their paddock - just. Lenny/Ozman and Jakey are the 3 muskateers. Out of all of those 3, Lenny is the one who is coltish and I really like the way he is coming together. His mother in his head, but Kinjite all over in prescence. Oz is just another softie.
Life is good, isnt it? Especially here at Massie Lodge.
Helen
P.S. Peachface Update: Missy the female has started throwing eggs out of the box.... phew... as there were 3. AAAAArgh! Anyone want one?
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